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Samuel Smiles

Lost wealth may be replaced by industry, lost knowledge by study, lost health by temperance or medicine, but lost time is gone forever.

Samuel Smiles

Knowledge

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Samuel Smiles is saying that things like money, knowledge, and health can be regained through effort, learning, or care. However, once time has passed, it cannot be recovered or brought back in any way.

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