A watch is always too fast or too slow. I cannot be dictated to by a watch.
—Jane Austen, 1814
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In time history must become a fairy tale—it will become again what it was in the beginning.
—Novalis, c. 1798Do not lessen the time of following desire, for the wasting of time is an abomination to the spirit.
—Ptahhotep, c. 2350 BCOur allotted time is the passing of a shadow.
—Book of Wisdom, c. 100 BCThe best way to fill time is to waste it.
—Marguerite Duras, 1987