Tempus fugit

An example of the phrase as a sundial motto in Redu, Belgium.

Tempus fugit is a

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• The dictionary definition of tempus fugit at Wiktionary
• Ralegh's poem at an English Literature Site

External links

• Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana
• ars longa, vita brevis; carpe diem; memento mori
• (Italian) breve et inreparabile tempus omnibus est vitae

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The phrase is a common motto, particularly on sundials and clocks.

"); the English form is often merely descriptive: "time flies like the wind", "time flies when you're having fun". Then there is the geneticists version: "time flies like an arrow; but fruit flies like a banana." gather ye rosebuds while ye may) rather than a motto in favor of licentiousness (cf. "carpe diem, however, is typically employed as an admonition against sloth and procrastination (cf. Tempus fugit that "time's a-wasting". proverb: "it escapes, irretrievable time". The phrase is used in both its Latin and English forms as a TEMPVS INREPARABILE FVGIT where it appears as [1]