Time Quotes

We all get the same 24 hours. These quotes explore what we do with them and why it matters.

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"In the long run, we are all dead."
John Maynard Keynes
"Time reveals the consequences of policies that seem wise in theory"
Friedrich Hayek
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"Time is the one resource that cannot be earned back once spent."
Johann Tetens
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"Age is simply the wearing down of our mechanical parts."
Julien Offray de La Mettrie
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"Nothing remains the same from one moment to the next; all flows eternally."
Julien Offray de La Mettrie
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"Time itself is but a series of perceptions strung together."
George Berkeley
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"We are all under sentence of death; it is a matter of how we spend our time before the execution."
Jérémie Bentham
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"Time spent in genuine conversation is never wasted, for it nourishes the soul."
Antonio Genovesi
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"Time is the stage upon which all matter performs its dance."
Julien Offray de La Mettrie
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"Memory is the body's way of preserving its own history."
Julien Offray de La Mettrie
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"Time is the medium through which we develop our moral character and refine our understanding."
Johann Tetens
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"The passage of time teaches us what repetition cannot."
Antonio Genovesi
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"The long run is a misleading guide to current affairs. In the long run we are all dead."
John Maynard Keynes
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"The fundamental principle of human nature is that a man prefers a thousand pounds next year to a hundred pounds today."
John Maynard Keynes
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"Time is the best teacher"
Giovanni Vico
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"Time reveals all truth"
Giovanni Vico
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"When punishment is delayed, its deterrent effect is weakened."
Cesare Beccaria
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"When justice is swift, it serves as a more effective deterrent to crime."
Cesare Beccaria
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"Time is not a real thing but an idea in the mind."
George Berkeley
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"Time spent in reflection is never wasted but always productive."
George Berkeley
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"Time is the only true wealth; money is merely its representation."
Antonio Genovesi
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"The passage of moments teaches us that time is the true currency of existence."
Johann Tetens
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"Time does not heal all wounds; rather, we learn to live alongside them."
Johann Tetens
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"The eternal now is all that truly exists in human consciousness."
Giovanni Vico
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"Time is the judge that eventually vindicates the truth."
Giovanni Vico
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"Everything is only for a day, both that which remembers and that which is remembered."
Johann Goethe
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"The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough."
Johann Goethe
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"The day is of infinite length for him who knows how to appreciate and use it."
Johann Goethe
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"Nothing is worth more than this day."
Johann Goethe
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"Time is the greatest teacher; it teaches us to let go."
Johann Herder