Faith Baldwin
Author
"Character builds slowly, but it can be torn down with incredible swiftness."
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Swiftness
14 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
William Shakespeare
Playwright, Poet
"We may outrun By violent swiftness And lose by over-running."
Jean de La Fontaine
Poet, Fabulist
"To win a race, the swiftness of a dart Availeth not without a timely start"
Marcel Proust
Novelist
"The charms of the passing woman are generally in direct ratio to the swiftness of our passage."
Alice Walker
Novelist, Poet
"She was so quiet. So reflective. And she could erase herself, her spirit, with a swiftness that truly startled, when she knew the people around her could not respect it."
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"Time is the mercy of Eternity; without Time's swiftness Which is the swiftest of all things, all were eternal torment."
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"New sentient creatures filled the unseen depths, Life's glory and swiftness ran in the beauty of beasts."
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