"By putting forward the hands of the clock……" — Victor Hugo
"By putting forward the hands of the clock you shall not advance the hour."
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- What annoys the hell out of me is the arrogance of some people. They don't even listen to our music,… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- Social advance depends as much upon the process through which it is secured as upon the result itself. — Jane Addams
- Each generation, as it seeks to advance the common good, must ask anew: 'What are the requirements that governments may… — Pope Benedict XVI
- Major North and myself went out in advance of the command several miles and killed a number of buffaloes. — Buffalo Bill
- The anvil of justice is planted firm, and fate who makes the sword does the forging in advance. — Aeschylus
- Diplomacy is not an end in itself if it does not advance U.S. interests. — John Bolton
- There is no patriotic obligation to help advance the career of a politician who is otherwise pursuing interests that are… — John Bolton
- The wisest use of American strength is to advance freedom. — George W. Bush
- Use power to help people. For we are given power not to advance our own purposes nor to make a… — George W. Bush
- I have never wavered from my intention to advance the cause of diversity in new and more effective ways. — Jeb Bush
- We believe in a flexible union of free member states who share treaties and institutions and pursue together the ideal… — David Cameron
- Truth is mysterious, elusive, always to be conquered. Liberty is dangerous, as hard to live with as it is elating.… — Albert Camus