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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"Delay is the deadliest form of denial."
Voltaire
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"Our life is a succession of moments: we are in each moment, if we think so, in a whole eternity."
Voltaire
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"Time is the only true measure of human achievement"
Pierre Corneille
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"Time is the fire in which we burn."
Jean Racine
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"The heart's calendar differs from the mind's."
Jean Racine
"The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough."
Charles Baudelaire
"I have more memories than if I were a thousand years old."
Charles Baudelaire
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"The present moment is merely the grave of the past."
Stéphane Mallarmé
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"Time does not pass; we pass through time."
Stéphane Mallarmé
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"Every moment contains the eternal within it."
Stéphane Mallarmé
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"The present is always a disappointment compared to its infinite possibility."
Stéphane Mallarmé
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"Time is the canvas upon which we paint the masterpiece of our lives."
Paul Verlaine
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"Time is the currency of life; spend it wisely."
Molière
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"Every moment contains the seed of what will become."
Arthur Rimbaud
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"Time moves differently for those who are truly alive."
Arthur Rimbaud
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"The present moment is the only eternity we possess."
Arthur Rimbaud
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"Time is the substance I am made of."
Gérard de Nerval
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"Time is the wisest counselor of all."
Victor Leconte de Lisle
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"Time passes whether we are ready or not."
Victor Leconte de Lisle
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"There are things one sees only in youth"
Théophile Gautier
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"Time is a river of passing events"
Théophile Gautier
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"Time passes, people are born and die, and all that remains of a man are his deeds."
Guy de Maupassant
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"The only way to truly live is to embrace the present moment."
Guy de Maupassant
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"Time heals all wounds, but it also wounds all heels."
Guy de Maupassant
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"Time is the fire in which we burn."
Alexandre Dumas, fils
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"Lost time is never found again."
Alexandre Dumas, fils
"The obsession with novelty is the disease of our age."
Charles Baudelaire
"The future is a projection of our past disappointments."
Charles Baudelaire
"Time is the ultimate judge of all human endeavors."
Charles Baudelaire
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"In the garden of memory, I plant seeds of regret."
Paul Verlaine