[Ads-l] QI - You Have Not Lived Today Until You Have Done Something for Someone Who Can Never Repay You

[mr_peter_morris@outlook.com]

https://quoteinvestigator.com/2024/04/27/never-repay/#more-444532

The sentiment, if not the exact quote, goes back to Classical times.

"Diem perdidi"  I have lost a day.  Emperor Titus (attrib)

https://thinkingliketheancients.wordpress.com/2015/02/10/thinking-on-moments-reflections-and-days-lost/

meaning: Any day where you don't help someone is a day wasted.

Also : Nil boni hodie. Diem perdidi.  (I have done no good today. I have lost a day)

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C9ozV1RXUAAnEH-.jpg

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