When you have really exhausted an experience you always reverence and love it. The two things that nearly all of us have thoroughly and really been through are childhood and youth. And though we would not have them back again on any account, we feel that they are both beautiful, because we have drunk them dry.

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This quote asserts that once we have truly lived through and exhausted an experience, such as childhood and youth, we develop a deep appreciation and affection for it. While we may not wish to relive those stages of our lives, we perceive them as beautiful because we have fully experienced and embraced them. The idea is that by completely immersing ourselves in these stages and maximizing our understanding of them, we cultivate a profound admiration for the lessons and memories they have imparted to us.

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