Thou art not to learn the humors and tricks of that old bald cheater, time.
—Ben Jonson, 1601
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There is no work of human hands which time does not wear away and reduce to dust.
—Marcus Tullius Cicero, 46 BCOur allotted time is the passing of a shadow.
—Book of Wisdom, c. 100 BCFor everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven.
—Book of Ecclesiastes, c. 250 BCDo not lessen the time of following desire, for the wasting of time is an abomination to the spirit.
—Ptahhotep, c. 2350 BC