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 For out allotted time is the passing of a shadow,
 and there is no return from our death,
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 For out allotted time is the passing of a shadow,
 and there is no return from our death,
  because it is sealed up and no one turns back. 
I said there was nothing so convincing to an Indian as a general massacre. If he could not approve of read more
I said there was nothing so convincing to an Indian as a general massacre. If he could not approve of the massacre, I said the next surest thing for an Indian was soap and education. Soap and education are not as sudden as a massacre, but they are more deadly in the long run; because a half-massacred Indian may recover, but if you educate him and wash him, it is bound to finish him some time or other.
There is no school equal to a decent home and no teacher equal to a virtuous parent.
There is no school equal to a decent home and no teacher equal to a virtuous parent.
Time and tide wait for no man, but time always stands still for a woman of 30.
Time and tide wait for no man, but time always stands still for a woman of 30.
Time is like a handful of sand- the tighter you grasp it, the faster it runs through your fingers
Time is like a handful of sand- the tighter you grasp it, the faster it runs through your fingers
The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough.
The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough.
He who is too busy doing good finds no time to be good.
He who is too busy doing good finds no time to be good.
 Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better 
than these? for thou dost not read more 
 Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better 
than these? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this.