Quote by Ambrose Bierce
Day, n. A period of twenty-four hours, mostly misspent. - Ambrose

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

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Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage. – Ambrose Bierce

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A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man, who has no gills. – Ambrose Bierce

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Life happens too fast for you ever to think about it. If you could just persuade people of this, but they insist on amassing information. – Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

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Who well lives, long lives; for this age of ours should not be numbered by years, days, and hours. – Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas, Divine Weeks and Works, 1578

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I admire the man who exclaimed, “I have lost a day!” because he had neglected to do any good in the course of it…. – Author unknown, “Flowers of Literature,” 1803

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When one subtracts from life infancy (which is vegetation), sleep, eating and swilling, buttoning and unbuttoning — how much remains of downright existence? The summer of a dormouse. – Lord Byron

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The course of the flight up and down was exceedingly erratic, partly due to the irregularity of the air, and partly to lack of experience in handling this machine. The control of the front rudder was difficult on account of its being balanced too near the center. – Orville Wright

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