Quotation by

Henry David Thoreau

As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.

Time

Understanding this quote AI Analysis

Thoreau suggests that trying to waste or destroy time is impossible because every moment is part of something much larger and everlasting. By harming time, you are also affecting the endless flow of existence beyond just the present.

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