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In plain words
Past and future were and will be present, each in its own time. If the truth of the present is set aside, would talk of what is gone and what is to come not be laughable, like trying to count in this world without the number one?
Word for word
The past and the future are present, each in its own time. Setting aside the truth of that present, would talk of past and future not be laughable, like counting in the world without the number one?