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Six hours in sleep is enough for youth and age. Perhaps seven
for the lazy, but we allow eight read more
Six hours in sleep is enough for youth and age. Perhaps seven
for the lazy, but we allow eight to no one.
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.]
Punctuality is the thief of time.
Punctuality is the thief of time.
Time is the justice that examines all offenders.
Time is the justice that examines all offenders.
All the time spent idly, is spent wickedly, and is unfaithfulness to our masters.rn
All the time spent idly, is spent wickedly, and is unfaithfulness to our masters.rn
Every minute you spend with someone gives them a part of your life and takes part of theirs.
Every minute you spend with someone gives them a part of your life and takes part of theirs.
The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough.
The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough.
For every minute spent in organizing, an hour is earned.
For every minute spent in organizing, an hour is earned.
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.