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Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time; for that’s the stuff life is made of.
Benjamin Franklin Poor Richard’s Almanack · 1732-1758

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“Don’t think to hunt two hares with one dog.”

Benjamin Franklin · Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1732-1758 · Primary source

“Lost time is never found again.”

Benjamin Franklin · Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1732-1758 · Primary source

“You will never reach your destination if you stop to shy [throw] stones at every dog that barks.”

Winston Churchill · Shy a stone at every dog, 1923 · Primary source

“These Secret Service people always seemed to have time for sex however important their jobs might be.”

Ian Fleming · Moonraker, 1955 · Primary source

“The first wealth is health.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson · Power, 1860 · Primary source

“Nothing is beneath you, if it is in the direction of your life: nothing is great or desirable, if it is off from that.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson · Wealth, 1860 · Primary source

“Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity! I say, let your affairs be as two or three, and not a hundred or a thousand; instead of a million count half a dozen, and keep your accounts on your thumb nail.”

Henry David Thoreau · Walden, 1849 · Primary source

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Focus 8 Divided attention 1 Concentration 5 Limited resources 1 Time 20 Mortality 30 Use of time 3 Purpose 30 Irreversibility 1 Opportunity 14 Persistence 18 Distraction 2 Criticism 9 Sex 1 Professional life 1 Gender relations 1 Perception 20 Health 6 Wealth 13 Well-being 3 Human capacity 2 Vocation 4 Personal direction 2 Self-reliance 48 Simplicity 24 Deliberate living 3 Material restraint 2