In time history must become a fairy tale—it will become again what it was in the beginning.
—Novalis, c. 1798
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I’ve been on a calendar, but never on time.
—Marilyn Monroe, 1962No preacher is listened to but time, which gives us the same train and turn of thought that elder people have in vain tried to put into our heads before.
—Jonathan Swift, 1706Those who make the worst use of their time are the first to complain of its brevity.
—Jean de La Bruyère, 1688A watch is always too fast or too slow. I cannot be dictated to by a watch.
—Jane Austen, 1814