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• Much art that is weak, transitory, and rude may thus become helpful to us. —  On the Old Road, Vol. 2 (of 2) A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays and Articles on Art and Literature
• He viewed his office as only transitory, and stood ready to surrender it so soon as the new king's will could be learned; but when Slaughter arrived with commission as governor, Leisler's foes succeeded in compassing his execution for treason. —  History of the United States, Volume 1 (of 6)
• Lamprecht thinks of this state as something transitory, and already as he writes (in 1905) nearing an end. —  The Psychology of Nations A Contribution to the Philosophy of History
• "It has won Olympic crowns and Isthmian laurels; it confers kinship with men who have vindicated their divine right to be held in the world's memory CHAPTER XXIV BOOKS AND SUCCESS Ignorance is the curse of God Knowledge the wing wherewith we fly to heaven SHAKESPEARE Prefer knowledge to wealth; for the one is transitory, the other perpetual SOCRATES If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him. —  How to Succeed or, Stepping-Stones to Fame and Fortune
• But mere artistic fame is transitory, and it is in Clementi's contributions to the permanent history of piano-forte playing that we must find his chief claim on the admiration of posterity. —  Great Violinists And Pianists

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