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The Renaissance2 quotes
When to the sessions of sweet silent thought
I summon up remembrance of things past,
I sigh the lack of many a thing I sought,
And with old woes new wail my dear time's waste. — William Shakespeare · 1609I wasted time, and now doth time waste me. — William Shakespeare · 1595Classical antiquity1 quote
While we're talking, envious time is fleeing: seize the day, put no trust in the future. — Horace · 23 BCColonial America1 quote
Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time; for that's the stuff life is made of. — Benjamin Franklin · 1746