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Time Quotes by Ambrose Bierce
- Future. That period of time in which our affairs prosper, our friends are true and our happiness is assured.
- Day, n. A period of twenty-four hours, mostly misspent.
- Heaven lies about us in our infancy and the world begins lying about us pretty soon afterward.
- An ingenious compound of desirability and appearance. Discovery of truth is the sole purpose of philosophy, which is the most ancient occupation of the human…
- Take not God's name in vain; select a time when it will have effect.
- DUEL, n. A formal ceremony preliminary to reconciliation of two enemies. Great skill is necessary to its satisfactory observance; if awkwardly performed . . .…
- UBIQUITY, n. The gift or power of being in all places at one time, but not in all places at all times, which is omnipresence,…
- OLD, adj. In that stage of usefulness which is not inconsistent with general inefficiency, as an "old man". Discredited by lapse of time and offensive…
- IMPENITENCE, n. A state of mind intermediate in point of time between sin and punishment.
- EXECUTIVE, n. An officer of the Government, whose duty it is to enforce the wishes of the legislative power until such time as the judicial…
- CLOCK, n. A machine of great moral value to man, allaying his concern for the future by reminding him what a lot of time remains…
- PRESENTABLE, adj. Hideously appareled after the manner of the time and place.
- LIVER, n. A large red organ thoughtfully provided by nature to be bilious with. The sentiments and emotions which every literary anatomist now knows to…
- The bold and discerning writer who, recognizing the truth that language must grow by innovation if it grow at all, makes new words and uses…
- Age - That period of life in which we compound for the vices that remain by reviling those we have no longer the vigor to…
- DECALOGUE, n. A series of commandments, ten in number --just enough to permit an intelligent selection for observance, but not enough to embarrass the choice.…
- 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.…
- OLD, adj. In that stage of usefulness which is not inconsistent with general inefficiency, as an _old man_. Discredited by lapse of time and offensive…
- TOPE, v. To tipple, booze, swill, soak, guzzle, lush, bib, or swig. In the individual, toping is regarded with disesteem, but toping nations are in…
- BRANDY, n. A cordial composed of one part thunder-and-lightning, one part remorse, two parts bloody murder, one part death-hell-and-the- grave and four parts clarified Satan.…
- The future is that period of time in which our affairs prosper, our friends are true, and our happiness is assured.
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