Escaped

"The more sand has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it." - Niccolo Machiavelli

Thousands

“The worst regret we can have in life is not for the wrong things we did, but for the thousands of right things we did for the wrong people” -Unknown

Elimination

“The sculptor produces the beautiful statue by chipping away such parts of the marble block as are not needed – it is a process of elimination.” -Elbert Hubbard