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Benjamin Franklin

If time be of all things the most precious, wasting time must be the greatest prodigality.

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Benjamin Franklin is saying that since time is the most valuable thing we have, using it carelessly is the biggest kind of waste. He emphasizes that losing time is like spending something priceless without thinking.

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