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Spending time6 quotes
How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives. — Annie Dillard · 1990The flowers withered,
Their color faded away,
While meaninglessly
I spent my days in the world
And the long rains were falling. — Ono no Komachi · 914To fill the hour—that is happiness. — Ralph Waldo Emerson · 1844All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us. — Gandalf · 2001Millions long for immortality who don't know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon. — Susan Ertz · 1943Oh, what a day-to-day business life is. — Jules Laforgue · 1885Life2 quotes
How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives. — Annie Dillard · 1990Oh, what a day-to-day business life is. — Jules Laforgue · 1885Passage of time2 quotes
The flowers withered,
Their color faded away,
While meaninglessly
I spent my days in the world
And the long rains were falling. — Ono no Komachi · 914Oh, what a day-to-day business life is. — Jules Laforgue · 1885Days1 quote
How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives. — Annie Dillard · 1990Eternal life1 quote
Millions long for immortality who don't know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon. — Susan Ertz · 1943Happiness1 quote
To fill the hour—that is happiness. — Ralph Waldo Emerson · 1844How to live1 quote
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us. — Gandalf · 2001How we live1 quote
How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives. — Annie Dillard · 1990Killing time1 quote
To fill the hour—that is happiness. — Ralph Waldo Emerson · 1844Making the most1 quote
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us. — Gandalf · 2001Nature of life1 quote
Oh, what a day-to-day business life is. — Jules Laforgue · 1885Rainy days1 quote
Millions long for immortality who don't know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon. — Susan Ertz · 1943Sunday1 quote
Millions long for immortality who don't know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon. — Susan Ertz · 1943Time1 quote
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us. — Gandalf · 2001Wasting time1 quote
The flowers withered,
Their color faded away,
While meaninglessly
I spent my days in the world
And the long rains were falling. — Ono no Komachi · 914