Pour reparer des ans l'irreparable outrage.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker wishes to fix the irreparable damage done by time.
- In plain terms
- Trying to repair what time has destroyed.
- What can you take from it?
- Some damage caused by time cannot be fixed.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Can time be reversed?
- What is irreparable?
Another view
The text describes the desire to repair but admits it is irreparable.
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