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“People resemble still more the time in which they live, than they resemble their fathers.”

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This book is a compilation of essays and aphorisms, offering readers a mix of thoughtful insights and succinct observations on life, philosophy, and human nature. more

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Arthur Helps

Arthur Helps was a British writer and critic renowned for his contributions to literary and art criticism. Born on July 10, 1813, he made a significant impact on the literary world with his insightful analyses and reviews. Helps passed away on March 7, 1875, leaving behind a lasting legacy of critical thought and appreciation for the arts. more

“One cannot walk down an avenue, converse with a friend, enter a building, browse beneath the sandstone arches of an old arcade without meeting an instrument of time. Time is visible in all places. Clock towers, wristwatches, church bells divide years into months, months into days, days into hours, hours into seconds, each increment of time marching after the other in perfect succession. And beyond any particular clock, a vast scaffold of time, stretching across the universe, lays down the law of time equally for all.”

Source: Einstein's Dreams

“Disorder increases with time because we measure time in the direction in which disorder increases.”

Time Increase Disorder

Book:Hawking on the Big Bang and Black Holes

Source: Hawking on the Big Bang and Black Holes

“Time can also be a place.... Everything depends on where you are standing, on where you look or what you hear. The measure of it is found in consciousness itself.”

Looks Time Found Consciousness Depends Standing Where You Are

Book:God Emperor of Dune

Source: God Emperor of Dune

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