Quote#Time
We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not breaths
Quote byPhilip James Bailey · 1816–1902
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Festus (1839), Scene V, A Country Town.
English (original)
We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not breaths; In feelings, not in figures on a dial. We should count time by heart-throbs. He most lives Who thinks most, feels the noblest, acts the best. Life's but a means unto an end; that end Beginning, mean, and end to all things, — God. The dead have all the glory of the world.
— Philip James Bailey
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