Quotation by

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

Health

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Samuel Smiles is saying that while you can regain money through hard work, recover knowledge through learning, and restore health by living well or using medicine, time cannot be recovered once it has passed. This highlights the unique and irreversible nature of time compared to other valuable things in life.

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