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Classical antiquity1 quote
While we're talking, envious time is fleeing: seize the day, put no trust in the future. — Horace · 23 BCColonial America1 quote
He that waits upon Fortune, is never sure of a dinner. — Benjamin Franklin · 1734Old Testament Era1 quote
Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest. — Ecclesiastes 9:10 · 931 BC