Our allotted time is the passing of a shadow.
—Book of Wisdom, c. 100 BC
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The past is always tense and the future, perfect.
—Zadie Smith, 2000Thou art not to learn the humors and tricks of that old bald cheater, time.
—Ben Jonson, 1601The celestial machine is to be likened not to a divine organism but rather to a clockwork.
—Johannes Kepler, 1605Do not lessen the time of following desire, for the wasting of time is an abomination to the spirit.
—Ptahhotep, c. 2350 BC