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Every hour wounds. The last one kills.

Neil Gaiman (b. 1960) British author, screenwriter, fabulist

American Gods, epigraph (2001)
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Gaiman notes this as an "old saying." It is frequently found on sun dials or other clocks, sometimes in Latin. Variations:

• "All hours wound; the last one kills."
• "All the hours wound you, the last one kills."
• "They all wound; the last one kills."
• "Vulnerant omnes, ultima necat."
• "Omnes vulnerant. Postuma necat."