Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of.
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Benjamin FranklinPoor Richard's Almanack (1746; repeated 1757)
About Benjamin Franklin
American founding father, scientist, inventor and publisher of Poor Richard's Almanack. (1706-1790)
More from Benjamin Franklin
- Well done is better than well said.Poor Richard's Almanack (1737)
- Lost time is never found again.Poor Richard's Almanack (1748)
- Diligence is the mother of good luck.Poor Richard's Almanack (1736)
- Little strokes fell great oaks.Poor Richard's Almanack (1750)
- Hide not your talents, they for use were made. What's a sun-dial in the shade?Poor Richard's Almanack (1750)
- Who is wise? He that learns from every one. Who is powerful? He that governs his passions. Who is rich? He that is content.Poor Richard's Almanack (1755)
More quotes on time and productivity
- It is not that we have a short space of time, but that we waste much of it. Life is long enough.Seneca
- How much time he gains who does not look to see what his neighbor says or does or thinks, but only at what he does himself.Marcus Aurelius
- Do not act as if thou wert going to live ten thousand years. Death hangs over thee. While thou livest, while it is in thy power, be good.Marcus Aurelius
- No thing great is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig.Epictetus
- Simplify, simplify.Henry David Thoreau
- It is not enough to be industrious; so are the ants. What are you industrious about?Henry David Thoreau
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