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Marthe Troly-Curtin is best remembered as the author of the Phrynette novels, the first one of which, in an advertisement in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, was described as "The Most Talked-About Book in London Today" in June 1911.

Troly-Curtin's novel Phrynette Married (1912) is the earliest certain source of the popular quote "Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time." ...more

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	Phrynette Married really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1912 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Phrynette really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1911 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.”
― Marthe Troly-Curtin, Phrynette Married

tags: happiness, misattributed-john-lennon, procrastination, time

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“… Your father, for instance, don’t you think he would have done three times as much work if it had not been for your—what shall I say—’bringing up’?”
“He liked it—time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.”
“Oh, but it was in his case—wasted for him and for many lovers of art.”
― Marthe Troly-Curtin, Phrynette Married

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“„Timpul pe care îți face plăcere să îl pierzi nu e timp pierdut.”
― Marthe Troly-Curtin

tags: lost, pleasure, time

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