I wasted time and now doth time waste me.
—William Shakespeare (Richard II)
Showing posts with label wasting time. Show all posts
Showing posts with label wasting time. Show all posts
Sunday, January 24, 2021
Thursday, February 04, 2016
Post #2004
As every thread of gold is valuable, so is every minute of time; and as it would be great folly to shoe horses (as Nero did) with gold, so it is to spend time in trifles.
—Mason
Tuesday, April 07, 2015
Friday, March 22, 2013
Post #1216
It is better to do the most trifling thing in the world than to regard half an hour as trifle.
—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Monday, March 04, 2013
Post #1202
Guard well your spare moments. They are like uncut diamonds. Discard them and their value will never be known. Improve them and they will become the brightest gems in a useful life.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson
—Ralph Waldo Emerson
Saturday, November 24, 2012
Post #1120
If time be of all things most precious, wasting time must be the greatest prodigality, since lost time can never be found again.
—Benjamin Franklin
—Benjamin Franklin
Saturday, June 30, 2012
Post #992
Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time; for that's the stuff life is made of.
—Benjamin Franklin
—Benjamin Franklin
Monday, April 23, 2012
Post #930
No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time who never loses any.
—Thomas Jefferson
—Thomas Jefferson
Monday, January 16, 2012
Post #833
If you spend your whole life waiting for the storm, you'll never enjoy the sunshine.
—Morris West
—Morris West
Monday, August 29, 2011
Post #695
Ah simple man!
When a boy two precious jewels were given thee,
Time and good advice;
One thou hast lost, and the other thrown away.
—Benjamin Franklin
When a boy two precious jewels were given thee,
Time and good advice;
One thou hast lost, and the other thrown away.
—Benjamin Franklin
A deadly viper once bit a hole snipe's hide; But 'twas the viper, not the snipe, that died.
- dave
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