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Quote by Jonathan Swift
Time is painted with a lock before, and bald behind, signifying th

Time is painted with a lock before, and bald behind, signifying thereby that we must take time by the forelock; for, when it is once past, there is no recalling it. – Jonathan Swift

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I said there was a society of men among us, bred up from their youth in the art of proving by words multiplied for the purpose, that white is black, and black is white, according as they are paid. To this society all the rest of the people are as slaves. – Jonathan Swift

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Those who make the worst use of their time are the first to complain of its shortness. РJean de La Bruy̬re

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