Quotes by Time 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. Ambrose Bierce truth time philosophy 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 to him. Ambrose Bierce future time men Day, n. A period of twenty-four hours, mostly misspent. Ambrose Bierce four twenties time DUEL, n. A formal ceremony preliminary to reconciliation of two enemies. Great skill is necessary to its satisfactory observance; if awkwardly performed . . . deplorable consequences sometimes ensue. A long time ago a man lost his life. Ambrose Bierce time men life 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. Ambrose Bierce government power time 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, an attribute of God and the luminiferous ether only. Ambrose Bierce ubiquity power time PRESENTABLE, adj. Hideously appareled after the manner of the time and place. Ambrose Bierce time IMPENITENCE, n. A state of mind intermediate in point of time between sin and punishment. Ambrose Bierce punishment mind time 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 to the popular taste, as an "old" book. Ambrose Bierce time men book PLAGUE, n. In ancient times a general punishment of the innocent for admonition of their ruler, as in the familiar instance of Pharaoh the Immune. The plague today . . . is merely Nature's fortuitous manifestation of her purposeless objectionableness. Ambrose Bierce punishment nature time PREFERENCE, n. A sentiment, or frame of mind, induced by the erroneous belief that one thing is better than another. Ambrose Bierce belief mind time 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. Ambrose Bierce age time life Heaven lies about us in our infancy and the world begins lying about us pretty soon afterward. Ambrose Bierce childhood time lying The same Power that brought the slave out of bondage will, in His own good time and way, bring about the emancipation of women, and make her the equal in power and dominion that she was in the beginning. Amelia Bloomer dominion time way Time ripens the substance of a life as the seasons mellow and perfect its fruits. The best apples fall latest and keep longest. Amos Bronson Alcott apples time fall Time is one's best friend, teaching best of all the wisdom of silence. Amos Bronson Alcott silence teaching time While one finds company in himself and his pursuits, he cannot feel old, no matter what his years may be. Amos Bronson Alcott age time years Time! Joyless emblem of the greed of millions, robber of the best which earth can give. Amy Lowell greed time giving There are very few human beings who receive the truth, complete and staggering, by instant illumination. Most of them acquire it fragment by fragment, on a small scale, by successive developments, cellularly, like a laborious mosaic. Anais Nin illumination time life although I love a rich life, I hate an overcrowded life. I believe in rumination and lose half the beauty of all things when I am deprived of the time to ruminate. Anais Nin hate time believe «4567891011121314»