time is money en · X
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Etymology
Generally attributed to Benjamin Franklin. See the cite from 1748.
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Money is wasted (in lost wages, missed opportunities, etc.) when a person's time is not used productively; time is valuable and should not be wasted.
And what do you mean to do with your time this winter? You must remember that time is money.
1823, James Fenimore Cooper, chapter 14, in The Pioneers:The habit of overnight travel was encouraged by the introduction of third class sleepers in 1928, developed greatly during the war, and in an age when time as money has clearly come to stay; […].
1957 July 14, D. S. M. Barrie, “Sixty Years of British Expresses”, in Railway Magazine, page 456:His words and manner carried the crisp terseness of the busy man whose time is money.
1919, Eleanor H. Porter, chapter 31, in Dawn:Remember that Time is Money. He that can earn Ten Shillings a Day by his Labour, and goes abroad, or sits idle one half of that Day, tho’ he spends but Sixpence during his Diversion or Idleness, ought not to reckon That the only Expence; he has really spent or rather thrown away Five Shillings besides.
1748, Benjamin Franklin, “Advice to a young Tradesman, written by an old One”, in George Fisher, editor, The American Instructor: or Young Man’s Best Companion, 9th edition:
Translations (35)
sq koha është flori (time is money) · sv tid är pengar (time is money) · nl tijd is geld (time is money) · fa وقت طلاست (time is money) · th เวลาเป็นเงินเป็นทอง (time is money) · fr le temps, c'est de l'argent (time is money) · lo ເວລາເປັນເງິນເປັນທອງ (time is money) · cmn 時間就是金錢 /时间就是金钱 (time is money) · ko 시간은 돈이다 (time is money) · cs čas jsou peníze (time is money) · de Zeit ist Geld (time is money) · ja 時は金なり (time is money) · hu az idő pénz (time is money) · hi समय ही धन है (time is money) · fi aika on rahaa (time is money) · el ο χρόνος είναι χρήμα (time is money) · km ពេលវេលា ជាមាសប្រាក់ (time is money) · bg вре́мето е па́ри (time is money) · cmn 一寸光陰一寸金 /一寸光阴一寸金 (time is money) · ar اَلْوَقْتُ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ (time is money) · af tyd is geld (time is money) · ms masa itu emas (time is money) · lt laikas - pinigai (time is money) · ro timpul înseamnă bani (time is money) · id waktu adalah uang (time is money) · it il tempo è denaro (time is money) · pl czas to pieniądz (time is money) · da tid er penge (time is money) · es el tiempo es oro (time is money) · pt tempo é dinheiro (time is money) · no tid er penger (time is money) · fr le temps vaut argent (time is money) · tr vakit nakittir (time is money) · et aeg on raha (time is money) · vi thời gian là tiền bạc (time is money)