“Life flees and does not stop an hour.”
La vita fugge, et non s'arresta una hora.
Canzone 272, line 1
Il Canzoniere (c. 1351–1353), To Laura in Death
“Methinks, I see the wanton houres flee,
And as they passe, turne back and laugh at me.”
As quoted in The Encyclopædia Britannica (1910)
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Orlando Furioso (1532)