# Quote — Henry Rider Haggard, She

> Time and time again have nations, ay, and rich and strong nations, learned in the arts, been and passed away and been forgotten, so that no memory of them remains. This is but one of several; for Time eats up the works of man.

- Author: [Henry Rider Haggard](https://www.leafyquotes.com/henry-rider-haggard.md)
- Book: [She](https://www.leafyquotes.com/henry-rider-haggard/she.md)
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> And now let us love and take that which is given us, and be happy; for in the grave there is no love and no warmth, nor any touching of the lips. Nothing perchance, or perchance bitter memories of what might have been.

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> Yea, all things live for ever, though at times they sleep and are forgotten.

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> [T]hinking can only serve to measure out the helplessness of thought.

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