The Dance of the Hours
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Minutes and seconds are strictly city preoccupations. In the city people hurry, hurry so as not to waste a single minute, and fail to realize that they are throwing a lifetime away.
— Giovannino Guareschi
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Minutes and seconds are strictly city preoccupations. In the city people hurry, hurry so as not to waste a single minute, and fail to realize that they are throwing a lifetime away." in the context of "The Dance of the Hours" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Giovannino Guareschi" (Quotes, Don Camillo and the Prodigal Sun (1952): Translated by Frances Frenaye)
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About Giovannino Guareschi
Giovannino Oliviero Giuseppe Guareschi (1 May 1908 – 22 July 1968) was an Italian journalist, cartoonist and humorist whose most famous creation is the priest Don Camillo.
About Giovannino Guareschi
Giovannino Oliviero Giuseppe Guareschi (1 May 1908 – 22 July 1968) was an Italian journalist, cartoonist and humorist whose most famous creation is the priest Don Camillo.
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