Give me hunger, pain and want, Shut me out with shame and failure From your doors of gold and fame, Give me your shabbiest, weariest hunger! But leave me a little love.
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Time is the coin of our live. We must take care how we spend it.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Time is invaluable, and how we choose to use it is crucial to our lives.
In this quote, Carl Sandburg emphasizes the importance of time, likening it to a currency that we must budget wisely. Our choices in how we spend our time have significant implications for the quality and richness of our lives, urging us to be mindful and intentional in our actions and decisions.
Themes
TimeSpendingLifeValueChoices
In practice
Example use cases
In a speech about productivity, one might say, 'As Carl Sandburg wisely noted, 'Time is the coin of our lives. We must take care how we spend it.'
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