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OLD SAYING
WHEN YOU STAND AROUND AND KILL TIME, YOU DON'T KILL TIME, TIME
KILLS YOU.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT HEARD THIS SAYING WHEN HE WAS A TEENAGER DURING THE
1930'S.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; GLENSHAW
Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-02-1971