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An example of the phrase as a sundial motto in Redu, Belgium.. Tempus fugit is typically employed as an admonition against sloth and procrastination (cf. carpe diem) rather than an argument for licentiousness (cf. "gather ye rosebuds while ye may"); the English form is often merely descriptive: "time flies like the wind", "time flies when you're having fun".
Time and tide wait for no man; Time flies; Time goes by slowly when your are living intensely; Time is a great healer; Time is money (Only) time will tell 'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all; To be worn out is to be renewed – Laozi, Chinese philosopher (604 BC – c. 531 BC) [10] To each his own
The expression is based on the proverb: "Time flies", a translation of the Latin Tempus fugit, where "fly" is to be taken in the sense of flee. An early example of a pun with the expression "Time flies" may be found in a 1930 issue of Boys' Life: Flies Around Scoutmaster: Time flies. Smart Tenderfoot: You can't. They go too fast. [3]
Self-dependent power can time defy, as rocks resist the billows and the sky. [3] [4] Time, like an ever-rolling stream, bears all its sons away. [4] [5] Today is Yesterday's Tomorrow [6] When I am gone, mark not the passing of the hours, but just that love lives on. The Concern of the Rich and the Poor [7] Time Takes All But Memories [8]
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Time Flies By, a 2012 album by Country Joe McDonald "Time Flies By (When You're the Driver of a Train)", a 1985 song by Half Man Half Biscuit from Back in the DHSS "Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana", a humorous example of syntactic ambiguity