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 does not heal; it simply dulls the sharp edges of memory."
Eugenio Montale
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"Time is the medium through which we discover who we are."
Eugenio Montale
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"Time carries everything away."
Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
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"Time is the measure of our mortality."
Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
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"Oblivion is the only true forgetting."
Miguel de Unamuno
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"Every moment is eternity for those who truly live."
Miguel de Unamuno
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"Memory is the most dangerous of all the faculties."
Miguel de Unamuno
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"El tiempo es el mejor maestro, aunque mata a sus alumnos."
Garcilaso de la Vega
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"El tiempo es el dinero de quienes saben vivirlo."
Garcilaso de la Vega
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"El tiempo perdido nunca se recupera, sólo se comprende."
Garcilaso de la Vega
"Every moment holds a secret, every second is a door to a new world."
Salvatore Quasimodo
"Memory is the only immortality we possess in this fleeting life."
Salvatore Quasimodo
"The modern world moves fast, but the soul requires slow time."
Salvatore Quasimodo
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"Yesterday is already a dream, and tomorrow is only a vision."
Francisco de Quevedo
"Time is the sculptor that transforms the marble of ambition into dust."
Luis de Góngora
"Each moment contains infinity for those who know how to read it."
Luis de Góngora
"In the museum of memory, each moment becomes a masterpiece of longing."
Luis de Góngora
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"Each moment contains eternity within it."
Ungaretti
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"Time is the medium in which we write our lives."
Ungaretti
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"Time does not heal all wounds; it merely teaches us to live with them."
Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
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"Memory and forgetting are two sides of the same coin."
Eugenio Montale
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"The present moment is always inadequate."
Eugenio Montale
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"Time erases everything except desire."
Eugenio Montale
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"Tomorrow is yesterday's unfinished conversation."
Eugenio Montale
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"Time does not exist; only moments, one after another, exist."
Miguel de Unamuno
"Time teaches us that nothing is permanent, yet everything matters."
Salvatore Quasimodo
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"Time is a river of passing events, and its current is strong."
Francisco de Quevedo
"Time flows like a river, carrying away all that we hold dear."
Luis de Góngora
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"Time flows like the Tagus, carrying all things toward their destiny."
Garcilaso de la Vega
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"Time is the canvas upon which we paint our lives."
Garcilaso de la Vega