Quote#Time
There is nothing of which we are apt to be so lavish as of Time, and…
Quote byWilliam Penn · 1644–1718
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Fruits of Solitude (1682), The Preface.
English (original)
There is nothing of which we are apt to be so lavish as of Time, and about which we ought to be more solicitous; since without it we can do nothing in this World. Time is what we want most, but what, alas! we use worst; and for which God will certainly most strictly reckon with us, when Time shall be no more.
— William Penn
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