Time will run back and fetch the Age of Gold.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Time will reverse and restore a period of peace and prosperity.
- In plain terms
- The future will bring back a golden age of happiness.
- What can you take from it?
- Hope for a return to better times.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What defines a golden age for you?
- Do you believe times get better?
Another view
History rarely repeats exactly as imagined.
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