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The vanity of human life is like a river, constantly passing away, and yet constantly coming on.

Alexander Pope, Alexander Chalmers (1807). “A Supplementary Volume to the Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: Containing Pieces of Poetry, Not Inserted in Warburton's and Warton's Editions : and a Collection of Letters, Now First Published”, p.123
The vanity of human life is like a river, constantly passing away, and yet constantly coming on.