Ambrose Bierce Quotes, Time Quotes, Book Quotes

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.

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But O, sick children of the world, Of all the many changing things In dreary dancing past us whirled, To the cracked tune that Chronos sings, Words alone are certain good.

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Time dissipates to shining ether the solid angularity of facts.

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Grown up, and that is a terribly hard thing to do. It is much easier to skip it and go from one childhood to another.

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Leaves have their time to fall, And flowers to wither at the north - wind's breath, And stars to set; but all, Thou hast all seasons for thine own, O Death!

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Enjoy the Spring of Love and Youth, to some good angel leave the rest; For Time will teach thee soon the truth, there are no birds in last year's nest!

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A people without history Is not redeemed from time, for history is a pattern Of timeless moments.

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Here between the hither and the farther shore While time is withdrawn, consider the future And the past with an equal mind.

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Day, n. A period of twenty-four hours, mostly misspent.

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There's no point sitting here, using words that mean nothing. Go and experiment. It's time you got out of here. Go and re-conquer your kingdom, which has grown corrupted by routine. Stop repeating the same lesson, because you won't learn anything new that way.

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The hours of folly are measured by the clock; but of wisdom, no clock can measure.

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The truth, the hope of any time, must always be sought in minorities.

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Our torments also may in length of time Become our Elements.

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It is time for writers to admit that nothing in this world makes sense. Only fools and charlatans think they know and understand everything. The stupider they are, the wider they conceive their horizons to be. And if an artist decides to declare that he understands nothing of what he sees - this in itself constitutes a considerable clarity in the realm of thought, and a great step forward.

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Hours are golden links, God's token Reaching heaven; but one by one Take them, lest the chain be broken Ere the pilgrimage be done.

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Time doth transfix the flourish set on youth And delves the parallels in beauty's brow.

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God is thy law, thou mine: to know no more Is woman's happiest knowledge and her praise. With thee conversing I forget all time.

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Defer no time, delays have dangerous ends.

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A boy's story is the best that is ever told.

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Pleasure and action make the hours seem short.

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