Formerly Quotes

132 quotes by 107 authors

MINSTREL, adj. Formerly a poet, singer or musician; now a nigger with a color less than skin deep and a humor more than flesh and… — Ambrose Bierce
The object of education is to give man the unity of truth. Formerly, when life was simple, all the different elements of man were in… — Rabindranath Tagore
MUMMY, n. An ancient Egyptian, formerly in universal use among modern civilized nations as medicine, and now engaged in supplying art with an excellent pigment.… — Ambrose Bierce
Formerly we used to canonize our heroes. The modern method is to vulgarize them. Cheap editions of great books may be delightful, but cheap editions… — Oscar Wilde
BAAL, n. An old deity formerly much worshiped under various names. As Baal he was popular with the Phoenicians; as Belus or Bel he had… — Ambrose Bierce
Young men and young women meet each other with much less difficulty than was formerly the case, and every housemaid expects at least once a… — Bertrand Russell
I have lately been surveying the Walden woods so extensively and minutely that I now see it mapped in my minds eye - as, indeed,… — Henry David Thoreau
There may or may not be a lesbian comedy boom, but there certainly is a lescom circuit. Gay Pride Month, formerly known as June, is… — Kate Clinton

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