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Better three hours too soon than a minute too late.

Better three hours too soon than a minute too late.

William Shakespeare (1784). “Stockdale's edition of Shakespeare, with explanatory notes”, p.56

There's a time for all things.

William Shakespeare (2012). “Comedies of Shakespeare in Plain and Simple English (a Modern Translation and the Original Version)”, p.1073, BookCaps Study Guides

So many hours must I take my rest; So many hours must I contemplate.

William Shakespeare, Michael Hattaway (1993). “The Third Part of King Henry VI”, p.118, Cambridge University Press

Pleasure and action make the hours seem short.

William Shakespeare (1803). “The Plays of William Shakespeare ...: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators”, p.355

Defer no time, delays have dangerous ends.

William Shakespeare, Samuel Johnson, George Steevens (1785). “The dramatick writings of Will. Shakspere,: with the notes of all the various commentators; printed complete from the best editions of Sam. Johnson and Geo. Steevens”

Let every man be master of his time.

William Shakespeare, A. R. Braunmuller (1997). “Macbeth”, p.23, Cambridge University Press

Time's the king of men; he's both their parent, and he is their grave, and gives them what he will, not what they crave.

William Shakespeare (1790). “The plays and poems of William Shakspeare, with the corrections and illustr. of various commentators; to which are added An essay on the chronological order of his plays; an essay relative to Shakspeare and Jonson; a dissertation on the three parts of King Henry vi; an historical account of the English stage; and notes. By E. Malone. 10 vols. [in 11 pt.].”, p.531

Make use of time, let not advantage slip.

1593 Venus and Adonis, stanza 22, l.129-32.

O, call back yesterday, bid time return

'Richard II' (1595) act 3, sc. 2, l. 69

Time be thine, And thy best graces spend it at thy will.

William Shakespeare, James Boswell, Alexander Pope, Richard Farmer, Samuel Johnson (1821). “The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare”, p.195

What is past is prologue.

'The Tempest' (1611) act 2, sc. 1, l. [261]

In time we hate that which we often fear.

'Antony and Cleopatra' (1606-7) act 1, sc. 3, l. 12

The extreme parts of time extremely forms all causes to the purpose of his speed.

William Shakespeare, Isaac Reed (1813). “The Plays of William Shakespeare”, p.130

A man loves the meat in his youth that he cannot endure in his age.

'Much Ado About Nothing' (1598-9) act 2, sc. 3, l. [258]

We see which way the stream of time doth run.

William Shakespeare (1823). “The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare: From the Text of Johnson, Stevens, and Reed; with Glossarial Notes, His Life, and a Critique on His Genius & Writings”, p.436

Time is the nurse and breeder of all good.

William Shakespeare, George Somers Bellamy (1875). “The New Shaksperian Dictionary of Quotations: (With Marginal Classification and Reference.)”, p.227

Short time seems long in sorrow's sharp sustaining.

William Shakespeare, Colin Burrow (2002). “The Complete Sonnets and Poems”, p.326, Oxford University Press on Demand