Quote by W. Somerset Maugham

The future will one day be the present and will seem as unimportant as the present does now.

The future will one day be the present and will seem as unim

Summary

This quote suggests that our perception of time and importance is relative to our current state of existence. It implies that what we often deem important in the present will eventually become trivial in the future, just as what seems unimportant to us in the present will one day become significant. It reminds us to consider the fleeting nature of time and the ever-changing perspective we have as we advance from one moment to the next.

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