Anna Komnene Professions : Physician Born : December 1, 1083 Died : 1153 Browse All Authors Top 4 quotes by Anna Komnene They assembled from all sides, one after another, with arms and horses and all the panoply of war. Anna Komnene arms horse war Time in its irresistible and ceaseless flow carries along on its flood all created things and drowns them in the depths of obscurity. . . . But the tale of history forms a very strong bulwark against the stream of time, and checks in some measure its irresistible flow, so that, of all things done in it, as many as history has taken over it secures and binds together, and does not allow them to slip away into the abyss of oblivion. Anna Komnene strong taken history Time in its irresistible and ceaseless flow carries along on its flood all created things and drowns them in the depths of obscurity. Anna Komnene obscurity flow depth The mounted knight is irresistible; he would bore his way through the walls of Babylon. Anna Komnene wall knights way Similar Authors Abram Hoffer physician Buwei Yang Chao physician Broda Otto Barnes physician Brian Day physician Axel Munthe physician Arturo Rosenblueth physician All Authors