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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) [11] To each his own
One might also say that an unlikely event will happen "on the 32nd of the month". To express indefinite postponement, you might say that an event is deferred "to the [Greek] Calends" (see Latin). A less common expression used to point out someone's wishful thinking is Αν η γιαγιά μου είχε καρούλια, θα ήταν ...
"Follow the path for another fifty yards. I am going back to the foot of the rocks to make another climb. If I feel in good form I shall take the difficult way up; if I do not I shall take the easy one. I shall join you in an hour." [3] — Albert I of Belgium (17 February 1934), shortly before falling to his death while rock climbing "Ella, Ella!
The curse is sometimes presented as the first in a trilogy. Comedic author Terry Pratchett stated: . The phrase "may you live in interesting times" is the lowest in a trilogy of Chinese curses that continue "may you come to the attention of those in authority" and finish with "may the gods give you everything you ask for."
The modern expression "No good deed goes unpunished" is an ironic twist on this conventional morality. [1]The ironic usage of the phrase appears to be a 20th-century invention, found for example in Brendan Gill's 1950 novel The Trouble of One House. [3]
Researchers found that people worldwide live 9.6 years longer than they are healthy — and in the U.S. the gap is more than 12 years. The U.S. has the biggest lifespan-health span gap in the world.
The first-century CE rabbi Tarfon is quoted as saying "The day is short, the labor vast, the workers are lazy, the reward great, the Master urgent." ( Avot 2:15). A light-hearted version in England, thought to have originated in Shropshire, is the pun "Bars longa, vita brevis" i.e. so many bars (or pubs) to visit, in so short a life.
Ralph Carter was a teenager when he joined the cast of Norman Lear's classic 1970s sitcom 'Good Times.' ... 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. ... will make an appearance on ABC's live "Good ...