Lost time is never found again.
Benjamin Franklin, The Way to Wealth (Poor Richard Improved, 1758)
Lost time is never found again.
Benjamin Franklin, The Way to Wealth (Poor Richard Improved, 1758)
What it means
Money can be earned back; time cannot. Franklin calls wasting it the greatest extravagance. Spend it on purpose.
The source
"Lost time is never found again." Benjamin Franklin said it in The Way to Wealth (Poor Richard Improved, 1758). Written in English: Franklin's Way to Wealth, 1805 London printing.
"Lost time is never found again"Original English (Franklin's Way to Wealth, 1805 London printing), The Way to Wealth (Poor Richard Improved, 1758). Text read at gutenberg.org.
Who said it
Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790). Printer, inventor and American founder who published Poor Richard's Almanack for 25 years. The Way to Wealth (1758) gathers its best sayings.
Questions
- What does "Lost time is never found again." mean?
- Money can be earned back; time cannot. Franklin calls wasting it the greatest extravagance. Spend it on purpose.
- Who said "Lost time is never found again."?
- Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790). Source: The Way to Wealth (Poor Richard Improved, 1758).
- What is the original wording?
- Lost time is never found again (Original English (Franklin's Way to Wealth, 1805 London printing)). Written in English: Franklin's Way to Wealth, 1805 London printing.
- Is "Lost time is never found again." on a shirt?
- Yes. We print it to order on our tees in 7 illustrated looks, from $44, with free US shipping.
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"Lost time is never found again." (Benjamin Franklin, The Way to Wealth (Poor Richard Improved, 1758), trans. Original English (Franklin's Way to Wealth, 1805 London printing)). https://spartansurfers.com/quotes/lost-time-is-never-found-again
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