As wave is driven by wave And each, pursued, pursues the wave ahead, So time flies on and follows, flies, and follows, Always, for ever and new. What was before Is left behind; what never was is now; And every passing moment is renewed.

Ovid
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Time is the only thing that flows like a river. The river current goes where it wants to, but the wave always follows the movements of time. Time follows us and changes completely, sometimes for the better and sometimes for the worse. It’s because of this that every moment is new.

Source: Metamorphoses

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