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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"Time flies never to return."
Pliny the Elder
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"Tomorrow is a mystery but today is real."
Pliny the Elder
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"The swiftness of time is infinite, like the tail of a comet."
Horace
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"Time flies, we cannot hold its wings."
Horace
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"Time itself becomes a judge, revealing what contemporary observers cannot see."
Livy
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"The time for action is now. It is never too late to do something."
Pliny the Younger
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"Every moment of life is precious; waste none of them in idleness."
Pliny the Younger
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"Time is the most precious commodity; spend it on those who matter."
Pliny the Younger
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"Time is the only honest judge of a man's legacy."
Suetonius
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"Time is the ultimate arbiter of all human affairs."
Suetonius
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"We are but shadows dancing on the wall of time, momentarily illuminated before darkness reclaims us."
Ammianus Marcellinus
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"Time is the invisible architect that shapes all human endeavors and destroys them equally."
Ammianus Marcellinus
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"The passage of time reveals what the present moment conceals."
Ammianus Marcellinus
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"Memory is the treasury and guardian of all things."
Tacitus
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"What is done cannot be undone, but it can be remembered and learned from."
Tacitus
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"The passage of time reveals what is true and what is false."
Martial
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"Time is the fire in which we burn."
Pliny the Elder
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"Those who make the worst use of their time are the first to complain of its shortness."
Pliny the Elder
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"The present is the child of the past; the future, the child of the present."
Livy
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"Memory is the treasury and guardian of all things."
Livy
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"Better late than never."
Suetonius
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"Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana."
Suetonius
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"Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift."
Suetonius
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"Your time is limited, do not waste it."
Suetonius
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"Seize the day, put no trust in tomorrow."
Horace
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"To live long, it is necessary to live slowly."
Horace
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"Time is the rider that breaks youth."
Horace
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"Time is the most precious thing a man can waste."
Pliny the Younger
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"The passage of time reveals what was hidden and clarifies what was obscure."
Pliny the Younger
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"Memory is the treasury and guardian of all things."
Tacitus