Each of us lives only now, this brief instant. The rest has ... - Antoninus Pius

"Each of us lives only now, this brief instant. The rest has been lived already, or is impossible to see."

Antoninus Pius Time

Emperor Ancient Rome 86–161

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"Do the duty that lies nearest to you."

"Time is the substance from which I am made."

"Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one."

"Time waits for no one."

"Time spent with loved ones is never wasted."

"I've been alive for a long time. Long enough to know that you can't trust anyone."

"The past always catches up with you."