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It is always those who are ready who suffer in delays
Time is a sort of river of passing events, and strong is its current; no sooner is a thing brought to sight than it is swept by and another takes its place, and this too will be swept away
Time heals griefs and quarrels, for we change and are no longer the same persons
Time and truth are friends, though there are many moments hostile to truth
Time and the hour run through the roughest day
Like as the waves make towards the pebbl'd shore, so do our minutes, hasten to their end
If you can look into the seeds of time, and say which grain will grow and which will not, speak then unto me
I wasted time, and now doth time waste me
Better three hours too soon than a minute too late
The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time
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