"If you once say that you will be there somewhere at this time and that time, and yet you are not there, then you can only have one excuse. Something terrible happened and you perished. Because, if you're still alive, even just a little bit, you're still giving news in some way about why you can't be where they're waiting for you. Because time is the most precious treasure of human life, it cannot be replaced with anything. And whoever keeps others waiting steals time from them. If you only steal money from others, you can make amends. But the stolen time cannot be replaced with anything.
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If you once say that you will be there somewhere at this time and that time, and yet you are not there, then you can only have one excuse. Something terrible happened and you perished. Because, if you're still alive, even just a little bit, you're still giving news in some way about why you can't be where they're waiting for you. Because time is the most precious treasure of human life, it cannot be replaced with anything. And whoever keeps others waiting steals time from them. If you only steal money from others, you can make amends. But the stolen time cannot be replaced with anything.
""Ha egyszer azt mondod, hogy ekkor meg ekkor ott leszel valahol, és mégsem vagy ott, akkor csak egy mentséged lehet. Valami szörnyűséges dolog történt és elpusztultál. Mert, ha még élsz, csak egy kicsikét is, akkor is hírt adsz valamiképpen, hogy miért nem lehetsz ott, ahol várnak reád. Mert az emberi élet legdrágább kincse az idő, nem lehet pótolni semmivel. S aki másokat várakoztat, az időt lop el tőlük. Ha csak pénzt lop el másoktól, azt jóváteheti. De az ellopott időt nem lehet pótolni semmivel."