Quote#Time
Alas! it is not till time, with reckless hand, has torn out half the…
Quote byHenry Wadsworth Longfellow · 1807–1882
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Hyperion (1839), Bk. IV, Ch. 8..
English (original)
Alas! it is not till time, with reckless hand, has torn out half the leaves from the Book of Human Life to light the fires of passion with from day to day, that man begins to see that the leaves which remain are few in number.
— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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