Famous quotes containing the words momentary and/or lapse:
“No woman ever yet either reasoned or acted long together consequentially; but some little thing, some love, some resentment, some present momentary interest, some supposed slight, or some humour, always breaks in upon, and oversets their most prudent resolutions and schemes.”
—Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl Chesterfield (1694–1773)
“There is something even in the lapse of time by which time recovers itself.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)