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Arthur Schopenhauer

Every possession and every happiness is but lent by chance for an uncertain time, and may therefore be demanded back the next hour.

Arthur Schopenhauer

Time

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Arthur Schopenhauer is saying that everything we own and every moment of joy we experience are temporary and given to us only by luck. Because they are not guaranteed, they can be taken away from us at any moment without warning.

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