“I'm half an hour late, I'll come back tomorrow.”
Claude Monet (1840–1926) French impressionist painter
after Monet's death
Source: Endless Knight
“I'm half an hour late, I'll come back tomorrow.”
Claude Monet (1840–1926) French impressionist painter
after Monet's death
Steve Martin (1945) American actor, comedian, musician, author, playwright, and producer
Comedy album A Wild and Crazy Guy
“The future is now. It's time to grow up and be strong. Tomorrow may well be too late.”
Neil LaBute (1963) Film director, playwright, screenwriter
Source: Reasons to Be Pretty
Marcus Aurelius book Meditations
XII, 30
Meditations (c. 121–180 AD), Book XII
Context: Everything harmonizes with me, which is harmonious to thee, O Universe. Nothing for me is too early or too late, which is in due time for thee. There is one light of the sun, though it is interrupted by walls, mountains and infinite other things. There is one common substance, though it is distributed among countless bodies which have their several qualities. There is one soul, though it is distributed among several natures and individual limitations. There is one intelligent soul, though it seems to be divided.
“Glory paid to ashes comes too late.”
Cineri gloria sera venit.
Martial book Epigrammata
I, 25, line 8.
Epigrams (c. 80 – 104 AD)
Marcus Aurelius book Meditations
Meditations (c. 121–180 AD), Book IV, 23
Original: Πᾶν μοι συναρμόζει ὃ σοὶ εὐάρμοστόν ἐστιν, ὦ κόσμε· οὐδέν μοι πρόωρον οὐδὲ ὄψιμον ὃ σοὶ εὔκαιρον. πᾶν μοι καρπὸς ὃ φέρουσιν αἱ σαὶ ὧραι, ὦ φύσις· ἐκ σοῦ πάντα, ἐν σοὶ πάντα, εἰς σὲ πάντα. ἐκεῖνος μέν φησιν·