We are like butterflies who flutter for a day and think it is forever.

Carl Sagan

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Topic

Ephemeral nature of life Nature of time

Author

Carl Sagan

Source

Cosmos

Genre

Scientific literature

Language

English

Time

1980 1980s 20th century

Occupation

Astronomer Scientist

From

United States

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Citation

Sagan, Carl. Cosmos. Random House, 1980, ch. 2.

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Long after the bomb falls and you and your good deeds are gone, cockroaches will still be here, prowling the streets like armored cars.

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Tama Janowitz
Source
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Medium
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Language
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Time
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Citation

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All flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away.

1st Peter 1:24

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Sic transit gloria mundi Ephemeral nature of life Grass Life
Source
1st Peter The Bible
Medium
Scripture
Genre
Religious literature
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
Greek
Time
65 60s 1st century
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 3
Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (1st Peter 1:24).