“Young poets bewail the passing of love old poets, the passing of time. There is surprisingly little difference.”– Mason Cooley Related Quotes “Then not only an old man, but also a drunkard, becomes a second time a child.”– Plato “Viewed freely, the English language is the accretion and growth of every dialect, race, and range of time, and is both the free and compacted composition of all.”– Walt Whitman “Time moves slowly, but passes quickly.”— Alice Walker