Time Quotes

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

20900 quotes

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"Each moment is a door; we need only choose whether to enter or pass by."
Ludovico Ariosto
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"The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now."
Alexandre Herculano
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"Time is the most valuable thing we have."
Alexandre Herculano
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"Time is the best teacher; unfortunately it kills all its students."
Petrarch
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"The present time is theirs; the future for which I really labored is mine."
Petrarch
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"The enemy is time, the only unconquerable enemy."
Petrarch
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"O tempo é o bem mais precioso que possuímos."
Ramalho Ortigão
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"O tempo não espera, então não desperdice."
Ramalho Ortigão
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"O tempo cura todas as feridas, mas deixa cicatrizes que nos fazem mais fortes."
Camilo Castelo Branco
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"O tempo desperdiçado nunca pode ser recuperado; use-o com sabedoria."
Camilo Castelo Branco
"Time is the river through which we wade, unable to touch the same water twice."
Francesco Petrarca
"Time heals what reason cannot resolve."
Francesco Petrarca
"Time flows like a river—we cannot stop it, only learn to swim within it."
Torquato Tasso
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"In affairs both personal and political, timing is often more important than action itself."
Niccolò Machiavelli
"Time is the judge before which all human ambitions must stand trial."
Torquato Tasso
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"O tempo é o melhor professor, embora mata seus alunos."
Almeida Garrett
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"O tempo voa quando estamos nos divertindo."
Almeida Garrett
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"Time is the judge that all other judges must answer to."
Alexandre Herculano
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"Time is the canvas upon which we paint our character."
Alexandre Herculano
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"Time is the only honest judge of a person's true character."
Camilo Castelo Branco
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"Time is the currency that no one can counterfeit."
Camilo Castelo Branco
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"The beauty of a moment lies in its refusal to repeat."
Ludovico Ariosto
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"Every moment contains infinity if we know how to read it."
Ludovico Ariosto
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"Time heals what justice cannot reconcile."
Ludovico Ariosto
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"Four things do not come back: the spoken word, the sped arrow, the past life, and the neglected opportunity."
Petrarch
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"Time devours all things."
Petrarch
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"Time is the ultimate judge, rendering verdicts that no human court can overturn."
Ramalho Ortigão
"Time is the merchant that trades our youth for wisdom."
Torquato Tasso
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"The present time is as important as any other."
Niccolò Machiavelli
"Time reveals what intention conceals."
Torquato Tasso