Our allotted time is the passing of a shadow.
—Book of Wisdom, c. 100 BC
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The appointed thing comes at the appointed time in the appointed way.
—Myrtle Reed, 1910Time’s ruins build eternity’s mansions.
—James Joyce, 1922Do not lessen the time of following desire, for the wasting of time is an abomination to the spirit.
—Ptahhotep, c. 2350 BCTime rushes toward us with its hospital tray of infinitely varied narcotics, even while it is preparing us for its inevitably fatal operation.
—Tennessee Williams, 1951