Time is a sort of river of passing events, and strong is its current; no sooner is a thing brought to sight than it is swept by and another takes its place, and this too will be swept away.
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IV, 43.Marcus Aurelius
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The issue which has swept down the centuries and which will have to be fought sooner or later is the people versus the banks.
John (Lord Acton) Acton
Why has this security so far eluded us?
I believe it is because our security strategies have not yet caught up with the risks we are facing. The globalization that has swept away the barriers to the movement of goods, ideas and people has also swept with it barriers that confined and localized security threats.Mohamed ElBaradei
I really feel pressure to create something that is as strong as possible. The war has really swept away everything from the past.
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff
Like men in his position throughout history, Kingsley Pryor did nothing as events swept him to their conclusion; simply waiting and praying that a magical third option would spring from nowhere.
Peter F. Hamilton
The complacent, the self-indulgent, the soft societies are about to be swept away with the debris of history. Only the strong, only the industrious, only the determined, only the courageous, only the visionary who determine the real nature of our struggle can possibly survive.
John F. Kennedy
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