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by Anonymous on June 20th, 2006

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Where did the phrase "time flies when you are having fun" come from?

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  • by Perryman on June 27th, 2006

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    I can find no source for the complete expression "Time flies when you are having fun. But here's the source of "time flies." "...While we dawdle, our lives pass swiftly. The proverb has been traced back in English to 1386 in Chaucer's 'Prologue to the Clerk's Tale.' The earliest American appearance in print is 1710 in 'Mayflower Descendant.' The idea was first expressed by Virgil (70-19 B.C.), who wrote in the 'Aeneid': Fugit inreparabile tempus' (Time is flying never to return)..." From "Random House Dictionary of Popular Proverbs and Sayings" by Gregory Y. Titelman.

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