Now is now and then was then. 
Nec quae praeteriit, iterum revocabitur unda, nec quae praeteriit, hora redire potest.
Proverbs on a similar topic
- There is a time for all things.
- First come, first served.
- Better late than never.
- Time is money.
- All in good time.
- Strike while the iron is hot.
- Time and tide wait for no man.
- Christmas comes but once a year.
- Let bygones be bygones.
- After death the doctor.
- It is easy to be Wise after the event.
- It is no use crying over spilt milk.
- What is done cannot be undone.
- After a storm comes a calm.
- Time is the best healer.
- Every day is not Sunday.
- It is too late to shut the stable door after the horse has bolted.
- It is too late to call back yesterday.
- A wonder lasts but nine days.
- Marry your son when you Will, your daughter when you can.
- Times change and we with them.
- Must I tell you a tale and find your ears too?
Related proverbs
Similar proverbs in the same language
English
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Lost time is never found again.
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The mill cannot grind with the water that is past.
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Time lost cannot be recalled.
Similar proverbs in another language
Latin
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Nec quae praeteriit, iterum revocabitur unda, nec quae praeteriit, hora redire potest.
Neither what has passed will be recalled again, nor what has passed can return in an hour.
French
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Le temps perdu ne revient point.
Lost time never comes back.
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On ne peut révoquer le passé.
You can't undo the past.
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On ne ratrappe jamais le temps perdu.
You can never make up for lost time.
German
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Jugend und verlorene Zeit kommt nicht wieder in Ewigkeit.
Youth and lost time does not come back in eternity.
Czech
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Kdeže loňské sněhy jsou.
Where are last year's snows.
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Co tam, to tam, o to hlavy nelam.
What's there, what's there, don't worry about it.
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Vodu, která uplynula, mlynáři nepouštějí na mlýn.
The millers do not let the water that has passed into the mill.
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Co bylo vloni, nikdo nedohoní.
No one can catch up with what happened last year.
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Pusť po vodě led se sněhem.
Drop ice and snow on the water.
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Loňského sněhu nevzpomínej.
Don't mention last year's snow.