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A quotation from Franklin

Dost thou love Life? then do not squander Time; for that’s the Stuff Life is made of.

Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American statesman, scientist, philosopher, aphorist
Poor Richard (1746 ed.)

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Franklin, Benjamin - Poor Richard (1746 ed.) | WIST Quotations

Dost thou love Life? then do not squander Time; for that’s the Stuff Life is made of. Reprinted in Poor Richard Improved (1758 ed.). This edition was Franklin's final Poor Richard, and he had it prefaced (1757-07-07) by a new character, Father Abraham, who combined a hundred aphorisms from previous…

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TruckDriver 🇺🇸 🚛 🍽Dec 7, 2025
Only 12 survivors of Pearl Harbor left, none from the USS Arizona.

#TimeMarchesOn

https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/07/us/pearl-harbour-bombing-anniversary-hnk
Only 12 Pearl Harbor survivors remain. On the 84th anniversary, none can attend this year’s remembrance

Survivors of the 1941 Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor have long been the center of a remembrance ceremony held each year on the military base’s waterfront.

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A quotation from Marcus Aurelius

Soon you will have forgotten the world, and soon the world will have forgotten you.
 
[Ἐγγὺς μὲν ἡ σὴ περὶ πάντων λήθη, ἐγγὺς δὲ ἡ πάντων περὶ σοῦ λήθη.]

Marcus Aurelius (AD 121-180) Roman emperor (161-180), Stoic philosopher
Meditations [To Himself; Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν], Book 7, ch. 21 (7.21) (AD 161-180) [tr. Staniforth (1964)]

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A quotation from Kit Marlowe

MYCETES:            Time passeth swift away;
   Our life is frail, and we may die to-day.

Christopher "Kit" Marlowe (1564-1593) English dramatist and poet
Tamburlaine the Great, Part 1, Act 1, sc. 1 (1586-1587)

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Bob Sturm 🤖Apr 4, 2025
Touring the landmarks of 1,000 years of the worlds most powerful rulers and their beautiful graves remind us that Father Time remains undefeated and a few years here and there are but a fart in the wind. #TimeMarchesOn
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Twitter and Myspace, who knew? Is there a spreadsheet on Visicalc runs on my old Commodore that I could play on my 8-track during the carriage ride to grandmas?
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Listening to a podcast with two people talk about the WGA strike... only one of the people on it is old enough to remember the last strike (from 2007-2008).

#TimeMarchesOn #GenZers #WGAStrike

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I missed Iron Balls McGinty's birthday! It was March 18th and I just let it go by!
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