7 Quotes by Ambrose Bierce about time
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IMPENITENCE, n. A state of mind intermediate in point of time between sin and punishment.
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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 department shall be pleased to pronounce them invalid and of no effect.
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PRESENTABLE, adj. Hideously appareled after the manner of the time and place.
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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 mind and has a fair prospect of existing with increasing activity to the end of time.
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Age - That period of life in which we compound for the vices that remain by reviling those we have no longer the vigor to commit.
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Day, n. A period of twenty-four hours, mostly misspent.
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Heaven lies about us in our infancy and the world begins lying about us pretty soon afterward.
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