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c. 371-287 BC

Theophrastus

Aristotle's successor at the Lyceum, botanist and author of the Characters. He called time the most costly thing we spend.

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  1. Time is the most expensive thing we spend.

    Theophrastus, Aristotle's successor, often said that time is a costly expenditure. Money spent can be earned back. Time cannot. Budget it like it is the scarcer currency, because it is.

    Diogenes Laertius 5.40, our translation from the Greek