Something of great importance now past is inferior to something of lit…

Arthur Schopenhauer
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Something of great importance now past is inferior to something of little importance now present, in that the latter is a reality, and related to the former as something to nothing. ✨ Arthur Schopenhauer (2012). Collected Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer, p.225, Simon and Schuster
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Something of great importance now past is inferior to something of little importance now present, in that the latter is a reality, and related to the former as something to nothing. ✨ Arthur Schopenhauer (2012). Collected Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer, p.225, Simon and Schuster

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