An instant versus an ounce of gold

一寸光阴一寸金
寸金难买寸光阴
光阴却能换取金
所以光阴大过金

An interval of time, an ounce of gold.
Gold can't buy back an instant of your time.
But you can change your time for gold.
Hence your time is greater than gold.

* Its not an exact translation but the meaning is somewhat there. *

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