Lord Polonius: What do you read, my lord?


Hamlet: Words, words, words.


Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act 2, Scene 2



Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Ephemeral

ephemeral: [i-fem-er-uhl] adj. lasting one day only (an ephemeral flower); lasting only a short time.


All is ephemeral,—fame and the famous as well.
----Marcus Aurelius
Meditations.iv.35

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