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Jean de La BruyèreTime, which strengthens friendship, weakens love.

—  Jean de La Bruyère, 1645-1696, French writer

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Charles DarwinA man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.

—  Charles Darwin, 1809-1882, British scientist

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Laurence J PeterEvery girl should use what Mother Nature gave her before Father Time takes it away.

—  Laurence J Peter, 1919-1990, Canadian writer & educator

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Terry PratchettSo much universe, and so little time.

—  Terry Pratchett, 1948-2015, British writer

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Arthur SchopenhauerBuying books would be a good thing if we also could buy the time to read them.

—  Arthur Schopenhauer, 1788-1860, German philosopher

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Khalil GibranIt takes a minute to have a crush on someone, an hour to like someone, and a day to love someone... but it takes a lifetime to forget someone.

—  Khalil Gibran, 1883-1931, Lebanese-American poet & philosopher

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Marcel ProustTime, which changes people, does not alter the image we have of them.

—  Marcel Proust, 1871-1922, French writer

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Lord ChesterfieldI recommend you to take care of the minutes: for hours will take care of themselves.

—  Lord Chesterfield, 1694-1773, English statesman & writer

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William JamesTo kill time is not murder, it's suicide.

—  William James, 1842-1910, American philosopher

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Jorge Luis BorgesTime is the tiger that devours me, but I am that tiger.

—  Jorge Luis Borges, 1899-1986, Argentine writer

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Jorge Luis BorgesBeing with you and not being with you is the only way I have to measure time.

—  Jorge Luis Borges, 1899-1986, Argentine writer

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Marty RubinTime does not pass; it continues.

—  Marty Rubin, 1930-1994, Canadian gay activist, author & journalist

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Carl SandburgTime is the coin of your life. You spend it. Do not allow others to spend it for you.

—  Carl Sandburg, 1878-1967, American poet

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Marcel AchardWhen I give a lecture, I accept that people look at their watches, but what I do not tolerate is when they look at it and raise it to their ear to find out if it stopped.

—  Marcel Achard, 1899-1974, French playwright

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Lord ChesterfieldThe less one has to do, the less time one finds to do it in.

—  Lord Chesterfield, 1694-1773, English statesman & writer

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Honoré de BalzacTime is the only capital of those who just have their intelligence as fortune.

—  Honoré de Balzac, 1799-1850, French writer

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Graham GreeneEternity is said not to be an extension of time but an absence of time.

—  Graham Greene, 1904-1991, British writer

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Benjamin DisraeliTime is precious, but truth is more precious than time.

—  Benjamin Disraeli, 1804-1881, British Prime Minister

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Benjamin FranklinTime is money.

—  Benjamin Franklin, 1706-1790, American politician & writer

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NapoleonSimpletons talk of the past, wise men of the present, and fools of the future.

—  Napoleon, 1769-1821, French Emperor

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Henry MillerWe are swimming on the face of time and all else has drowned, is drowning, or will drown.

—  Henry Miller, 1891-1980, American writer

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William ShakespeareFor ever and a day.

—  William Shakespeare, 1564-1616, English poet & playwright ‐ As You Like It

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Dr. Thomas FullerNothing is ours but time.

—  Dr. Thomas Fuller, 1654-1734,  English physician and adage collector

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Emile M. CioranEnnui is the echo in us of time tearing itself apart.

—  Emile M. Cioran, 1911-1995, French-Romanian philosopher

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William BlakeEternity is in love with the productions of time.

—  William Blake, 1757-1827, English poet & painter

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Francis BaconA man that is young in years may be old in hours if he have lost no time.

—  Francis Bacon, 1561-1626, English philosopher

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Sacha GuitryA man with a watch knows what time it is. A man with two watches is never sure.

—  Sacha Guitry, 1885-1957, French writer

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Jim RohnEither you run the day or the day runs you.

—  Jim Rohn, 1930-2009, American self-help speker

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Martin HeideggerWe do not say: Being is, time is, but rather: there is Being and there is time.

—  Martin Heidegger, 1889-1976, German philosopher

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Arthur SchopenhauerOrdinary people merely think how they shall “spend” their time; a man of talent tries to “use” it.

—  Arthur Schopenhauer, 1788-1860, German philosopher

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Oscar WildeTime is a waste of money.

—  Oscar Wilde, 1854-1900, Irish writer

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Ralph Waldo EmersonAlcohol, hashish, prussic acid, strychnine are weak dilutions. The surest poison is time.

—  Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1884, American philosopher

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Samuel JohnsonMoney and time are the heaviest burdens of life, and the unhappiest of all mortals are those who have more of either than they know how to use.

—  Samuel Johnson, 1709-1784, English writer

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George Bernard ShawEverything happens to everybody sooner or later if there is time enough.

—  George Bernard Shaw, 1856-1950, Irish writer, Nobel 1925

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Dr. Thomas FullerThere is nothing more precious than Time, and nothing more prodigally wasted.

—  Dr. Thomas Fuller, 1654-1734,  English physician and adage collector

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Northcote ParkinsonParkinson’s law: Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.

—  Northcote Parkinson, 1909-1993, British historian

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John KennedyWe must use time as a tool, not as a couch.

—  John Kennedy, 1917-1963, American President [1961-1963]

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Thomas EdisonThe only time I really become discouraged is when I think of all the things I would like to do and the little time I have in which to do them.

—  Thomas Edison, 1847-1934, American inventor

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Victor HugoShort as life is, we make it still shorter by the careless waste of time.

—  Victor Hugo, 1802-1885, French writer

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Peter DruckerUntil we can manage time, we can manage nothing else.

—  Peter Drucker, 1909–2005, Austrian management guru

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T. S. EliotOnly through time time is conquered.

—  T. S. Eliot, 1888-1965, British poet, Nobel 1948

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Zig ZiglarLack of direction, not lack of time, is the problem. We all have twenty-four hour days.

—  Zig Ziglar, 1926-2012, American self-help writer

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François RabelaisI never follow the clock: hours were made for man, not man for hours.

—  François Rabelais, 1484-1553, French writer

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François-René de ChateaubriandIt is not man who stops time, it is time who stops man.

—  François-René de Chateaubriand, 1768-1848, French poet & politician

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John WoodenIf you don't have time to do it right, when will you have the time to do it over?

—  John Wooden, 1910-2010, American basketball coach

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MontesquieuThe success of most things depends upon knowing how long it will take to succeed.

—  Montesquieu, 1689-1755, French thinker

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Karl LagerfeldFor every book you buy, you should buy the time to read it.

—  Karl Lagerfeld, 1933-2019, German fashion designer

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Steve JobsMy favorite things in life don’t cost any money. It’s really clear that the most precious resource we all have is time.

—  Steve Jobs, 1955-2011, American businessman

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H. Jackson Brown, Jr.Don't say you don't have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Pasteur, Michelangelo, Mother Teresa, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, and Albert Einstein.

—  H. Jackson Brown, Jr., 1940-2021, American self-help writer

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Gertrude SteinIt is the human habit to think in centuries from a grandparent to a grandchild because it just does take about a hundred years for things to cease to have the same meaning as they did before.

—  Gertrude Stein, 1874-1946, American writer

Giordano BrunoTime is the father of truth, its mother is our mind.

—  Giordano Bruno, 1548-1600, Italian monk & philosopher

Bertrand RussellThe time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.

—  Bertrand Russell, 1872-1970, British philosopher

Bertrand RussellTo realize the unimportance of time is the gate to wisdom.

—  Bertrand Russell, 1872-1970, British philosopher

Leonardo da VinciTruth was the only daughter of Time.

—  Leonardo da Vinci, 1452-1519, Italian polymath & painter

Nikos KazantzakisOur life is just a flash. Still, we have time.

—  Nikos Kazantzakis, 1883-1957, Greek writer

Odysseas ElytisSomewhere between Tuesday and Wednesday your true day must have been lost.

—  Odysseas Elytis, 1911-1996, Greek poet, Nobel 1979

Antoine RivarolTime is the shore of the mind; everything passes before him, and we believe that it is he who passes.

—  Antoine Rivarol, 1753-1801, French author of maxims

Bruce LeeIf you love life, don’t waste time, for time is what life is made up of.

—  Bruce Lee, 1940-1973, Chinese-American actor

John SteinbeckTime is the only critic without ambition.

—  John Steinbeck, 1902-1968, American writer, Nobel 1962

John SteinbeckIt is the hour of pearl – the interval between day and night when time stops and examines itself.

—  John Steinbeck, 1902-1968, American writer, Nobel 1962

BouddhaThe trouble is, you think you have time.

—  Bouddha, 563-483 BC, Indian founder of Buddhism

Aldοus HuxleyIn any race between human numbers and natural resources, time is against us.

—  Aldοus Huxley, 1894-1963, English writer

Jean de La BruyèreThose who make the worst use of their time are the first to complain of its shortness.

—  Jean de La Bruyère, 1645-1696, French writer

Graham GreeneI can’t talk you in terms of time –your time and my time are different.

—  Graham Greene, 1904-1991, British writer

Coco ChanelThere is no time for cut-and-dried monotony. There is time for work. And time for love. That leaves no other time.

—  Coco Chanel, 1883-1971, French fashion designer

William Hazlitt Time —the most independent of all things.

—  William Hazlitt , 1778-1830, English essayist & critic

Hermann HesseDuring deep meditation it is possible to dispel time, to see simultaneously all the past, present, and future, and then everything is good, everything is perfect, everything is Brahman.

—  Hermann Hesse, 1877-1962, German writer, Nobel 1946

Hermann HesseIn eternity there is no time, only an instant long enough for a joke.

—  Hermann Hesse, 1877-1962, German writer, Nobel 1946

Salvador DaliWhere is my watch?

—  Salvador Dali, 1904-1989, Spanish painter

     (his last words)

Alexandre DumasFor all evils there are two remedies: time and silence.

—  Alexandre Dumas, 1802-1870, French writer

Salvador DaliThe famous soft watches are nothing else than the tender, extravagant, solitary, paranoic-critical camembert of time and space.

—  Salvador Dali, 1904-1989, Spanish painter

Arthur KoestlerHistory had a slow pulse; man counted in years, history in generations.

—  Arthur Koestler, 1905-1983, Hungarian-British writer

James BarrieAll of this has happened before, and it will all happen again.

—  James Barrie, 1860-1937, English writer

Ashleigh BrilliantTime will end all my troubles, but I don't always approve of Time's methods.

—  Ashleigh Brilliant, 1933-, British cartoonist & epigrammatist

Stefan ZweigThe avaricious are thrifty with time as well as money.

—  Stefan Zweig, 1881-1942, Austrian writer

Marilyn MonroeI've been on a calendar, but never on time.

—  Marilyn Monroe, 1926-1962, American actress

François RabelaisNo clock is more regular than the belly.

—  François Rabelais, 1484-1553, French writer

Marguerite YourcenarEvery moment is the last, because it is unique.

—  Marguerite Yourcenar, 1903-1987, French writer

Susan SontagTime exists in order that everything doesn’t happen all at once…and space exists so that it doesn’t all happen to you.

—  Susan Sontag, 1933-2004, American writer, critic, activist

Terry PratchettTime is a drug. Too much of it kills you.

—  Terry Pratchett, 1948-2015, British writer

Latin Quotes

Use the hours, don’t count them.

Utere, non numera.

—  Medieval Sundial Motto

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HippocratesArt is long, life is short.

Ars longa, vita brevis.

—  Hippocrates, 460-370 BC, Ancient Greek physician, the “Father of Medicine”

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All hours wound, the last one kills.

Omnes vulnerant, ultima necat.

—  Medieval Sundial motto

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OvidTime devours everything.

Tempus edax rerum.

—  Ovid, 43 BC-17 AD, Roman poet

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Eternity is hinged upon this moment.

Ex hoc momento pendet aeternitas.

—  Medieval Sundial Motto

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VirgilTime flies without return.

Fugit inreparabile tempus.

—  Virgil, 70-19 BC, Roman poet

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It’s later than you think.

Serius est quam cogitas.

—  Sundial motto

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Quotes in Verse

Constantine KavafyHalf past twelve. How the time has gone by.
Half past twelve. How the years have gone by.

—  Constantine Kavafy, 1868-1933, Greek poet ‐ Since Nine O’Clock

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Robert FrostOne luminary clock against the sky
Proclaimed the time was neither wrong nor right.

—  Robert Frost, 1874-1963, American poet

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Funny Quotes

AnonymousThe speed of time is one second per second.

—  Anonymous

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Groucho MarxTime flies like the wind. Fruit flies like a banana.

—  Groucho Marx, 1890-1977, American comedian

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Steven WrightIf you are killing time, are you damaging eternity?

—  Steven Wright, 1955-, American comedian

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Ancient Greek

HippocratesLife is short and Art long; the opportunity fleeting, experience deceitful, and judgment difficult.

Ο βίος βραχύς, η δε τέχνη μακρή, ο δε καιρός οξύς, η δε πείρα σφαλερή, η δε κρίσις χαλεπή.

—  Hippocrates, 460-370 BC, Ancient Greek physician, the “Father of Medicine”

     (the first phrase in the “Aphorisms”)

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Periander of CorinthDon’t trust time.

Μη πίστευε χρόνω.

—  Periander of Corinth, 668-584 BC, tyrant of Corinth

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MenanderTime is the healer of all inevitable ills.

Πάντων των αναγκαίων κακών ιατρός χρόνος εστίν.

—  Menander, 4th cent. BC, Ancient Greek dramatist (New Comedy)

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HippocratesTime is that wherein there is opportunity, and opportunity is that wherein there is no great time

Χρόνος εστίν εν ώ καιρός, και καιρός εν ώ χρόνος ου πολύς.

—  Hippocrates, 460-370 BC, Ancient Greek physician, the “Father of Medicine”

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EuripidesTime will explain it all. He is a talker, and needs no questioning before he speaks.

Ο χρόνος άπαντα τοίσιν ύστερον φράσει. Λάλος γαρ ούτος ουκ ερωτώσιν λέγει.

—  Euripides, 480-406 BC, Ancient Greek tragedian ‐ Aeolus

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Thales of MiletusTime is the wisest of all things that are; for it brings everything to light.

Σοφώτατον χρόνος· ανευρίσκει γαρ πάντα.

—  Thales of Miletus, 643-548 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher

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SophoclesTime sees and hears all things, and discloses all.

Πάντα εκκαλύπτων ο χρόνος εις το φως άγει.

—  Sophocles, 496-406 BC, Ancient tragic poet

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MenanderTime leads truth toward the light.

Άγει δε προς φως την αλήθειαν χρόνος.

—  Menander, 4th cent. BC, Ancient Greek dramatist (New Comedy)

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HeraclitusTime is a child playing checkers; the kingdom belongs to a child.

Χρόνος παις εστι παίζων πεττεύων. Παιδός η βασιλεία.

—  Heraclitus, 544-484 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher

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Chilon of SpartaUse time sparingly.

Χρόνου φείδου.

—  Chilon of Sparta, 6th cent. BC, one of the 7 sages of Ancient Greece

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AeschylusTime as he grows old teaches all things.

Εκδιδάσκει πάνθ’ ο γηράσκων χρόνος.

—  Aeschylus, 525-456 BC, Ancient Greek tragedian ‐ Prometheus Bound

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AgathonThey say that time is by nature wise.

Σοφόν λέγουσι τον χρόνον πεφυκέναι.

—  Agathon, 450-400 BC, Ancient Greek tragic poet

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Antiphon of RhamnusTime is a measure or an idea, it does not exist.

Νόημα ή μέτρον τον χρόνον, ουχ υπόστασιν.

—  Antiphon of Rhamnus, 470-410 BC, Ancient Athenian statesman

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PindarTime is the ancestor of everything.

Χρόνος ο πάντων πρόγονος.

—  Pindar, 522-438 BC, Ancient Greek lyric poet

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AeschylusTimes purifies all things that age with time.

Χρόνος καθαίρει πάντα γηράσκων ομού.

—  Aeschylus, 525-456 BC, Ancient Greek tragedian ‐ Eumenides

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Special Quotes

To read them all, reckon 150,000 years.

—  Slogan of the Bibliothèque nationale de France (2014)

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Today is Yesterday’s Tomorrow.

—  Sundial motto

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The Concern of the Rich and the Poor.

—  Sundial motto (Kintbury, Berkshire)

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