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Time is the great legalizer, even in the field of morals
You cannot kill time without injuring eternity
To be at ease is better than to be at business. Nothing really belongs to us but time, which even he has who has nothing else
The wisest are the most annoyed at the loss of time
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
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
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On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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