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I must govern the clock, not be governed by it.
I must govern the clock, not be governed by it.
I said there was nothing so convincing to an Indian as a general massacre. If he could not approve of read more
I said there was nothing so convincing to an Indian as a general massacre. If he could not approve of the massacre, I said the next surest thing for an Indian was soap and education. Soap and education are not as sudden as a massacre, but they are more deadly in the long run; because a half-massacred Indian may recover, but if you educate him and wash him, it is bound to finish him some time or other.
I have never seen someone unafraid of the future, not worried about the present and someone who doesn't want to read more
I have never seen someone unafraid of the future, not worried about the present and someone who doesn't want to go back to the past and correct their mistakes.
We all have our time machines. Some take us back, they're called memories. Some take us forward, they're called dreams.
We all have our time machines. Some take us back, they're called memories. Some take us forward, they're called dreams.
Time cools; time clarifies; no mood can be maintained quite unaltered through the course of hours.
Time cools; time clarifies; no mood can be maintained quite unaltered through the course of hours.
Nothing is improbable until it moves into the past tense.
Nothing is improbable until it moves into the past tense.
Time was made for slaves.
Time was made for slaves.
A good holiday is one spent among people whose notions of time are vaguer than yours.
A good holiday is one spent among people whose notions of time are vaguer than yours.
Laurel crowned Horatius
True, how true the saying,
Swift as wind flies over us
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Laurel crowned Horatius
True, how true the saying,
Swift as wind flies over us
Time devouring, slaying.
[Lat., Lauriger Horatius
Quam dixisti verum;
Fugit curo citius
Tempus edax rerum.]