Many people take no care of their money till they ... -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Many people take no care of their money till they come nearly to the end of it, and others do just the same with their time.

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes to Explore

Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do....
Thinking is more interesting than knowing, but less interesting than looking....
There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One of these is roots, the other, wings....
Men show their character in nothing more clearly than what they think laughable....
Ignorant men raise questions that wise men answered a thousand years ago....
Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men....
Wood burns because it has the proper stuff in it; and a man becomes famous because he has the proper stuff in him....
Those who hope for no other life are dead even for this....
Every day we should hear at least one little song, read one good poem, see one exquisite picture, and, if possible, speak a few sensible words....
I do not know myself, and God forbid that I should....

Time Quotes to Explore

One does not leave a convivial party before closing time....
If time be of all things the most precious, wasting time must be the greatest prodigality....
Substitute 'damn' every time you're inclined to write 'very'; your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be....
In theory one is aware that the earth revolves, but in practice one does not perceive it, the ground upon which one treads seems not to move, and one ...
There comes a time when the mind takes a higher plane of knowledge but can never prove how it got there....
We all knew this. We all knew that it would take more time than any of us want to dig ourselves out of this hole created by this economic crisis....
I have finished second twice in my time at Green Bay, and I don't ever want to finish second again. There is a second place bowl game, but it is a gam...
I saw a bank that said '24 Hour Banking', but I don't have that much time....
I think people should be allowed to do anything they want. We haven't tried that for a while. Maybe this time it'll work....
The time to save is now. When a dog gets a bone, he doesn't go out and make a down payment on a bigger bone. He buries the one he's got....