TIME QUOTES IX

quotations about time

All substances the cunning chemist Time
Melts down into that liquor of my life.

RALPH WALDO EMERSON

The Day's Ration

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One who daily puts the finishing touches on his life is never in want of time.

SENECA

Ad Lucilium Epistulae Morales

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The ancients painted time in the form of an old man with a large tuft of hair on his forehead, but bald behind, to teach us, that, if we catch him not as he comes, it will be impossible after he has passed by.

JOHN THORNTON

Maxims and Directions for Youth


Every hour in itself, as it respects us in particular, is the only one we can call our own.

JEAN DE LA BRUYERE

attributed, Thoughts Moral and Divine

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Pass on, ever on, O Time! ush'ring in
New joys, new aspirations, and new life.

WATIE W. SWANZY

"Time"

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So much of what we now call time is a collective myth, devised by emperors, industrialists, protesters, and tinkerers.

DEREK THOMPSON

"A Brief Economic History of Time", The Atlantic, December 21, 2016


Time, though in Eternity, applied
To motion, measures all things durable
By present, past, and future.

JOHN MILTON

Paradise Lost

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Time be thine,
And thy best graces spend it at thy will.

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

Hamlet

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Time is for dragonflies and angels. The former live too little and the latter live too long.

JAMES THURBER

The 13 Clocks

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Time, which despoils castles, enriches verses.

JORGE LUIS BORGES

"Averroes' Search"


The days are such a repetition of each other that they sometimes seem very long, but when one pauses and looks back one starts at the accumulation of departed time, and deplores the swiftness of the seasons.

ROBERT GRANT

"The Romance of a Soul"

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Time puts out all other flames
But the glory of his eyes;
His are all the sacred names,
His the solemn mysteries.
Crown him! In his darkest day,
He has heaven to give away!

CAROLINE SPENCER

"The Royal Name"

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Time admits no argument.

EDWARD COUNSEL

Maxims

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Time is endless and ours. Love and Death are only the games we play in it.

TANITH LEE

Delirium's Mistress

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Stealing a moment from Mr. Time
He rocks in his chair like a shiny dime
But it's all for show, all for show.
Wearing your name and a number or two
When the minute's up, so are you
But everybody knows, everybody knows.

THE ALAN PARSON PROJECT

"Mr. Time"


Onward and sublime
Will ever glide
The silent stream of Time,
That bears us on its tide.

HARVEY RICE

"The Stream of Time"


There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen.

VLADIMIR LENIN

attributed, The Great Book Of Best Quotes Of All Time

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Time is a limited commodity and each of us has 24 hours per day. Once you invest that time, it is irretrievable.

SUSAN MURPHY

"'No' Is A Complete Sentence", Forbes, February 20, 2017


A world in which time is absolute is a world of consolation. For while the movements of people are unpredictable, the movement of time is predictable. While people can be doubted, time cannot be doubted. While people brood, time skips ahead without looking back.

ALAN LIGHTMAN

Einstein's Dreams


Time: the whisper beneath that word is death.

JAMES BALDWIN

Just Above My Head

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