Few similes possess such truth as that most trite one - the Stream of Time - or rather the simile is the abstract idea of Time, presented to our sensuous perceptions, in the only form intelligible to the human mind.


The History of Normandy and of England (Volume 1), Chapter I (p. 1)

Francis Palgrave Quotes

Few similes possess such truth as that most trite one - the Stream of Time - or rather the simile is the abstract idea of Time, presented to our...

Few similes possess such truth as that most trite one - the Stream of Time - or rather the simile is the abstract idea of Time, presented to our...

Few similes possess such truth as that most trite one - the Stream of Time - or rather the simile is the abstract idea of Time, presented to our...

Few similes possess such truth as that most trite one - the Stream of Time - or rather the simile is the abstract idea of Time, presented to our...