Ambrose Bierce Quotes About Future

• Future. That period of time in which our affairs prosper, our friends are true and our happiness is assured.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Friendship, Happiness, Future

  Cynic's Word Book (1906) p. 129

• 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

  Time, Future, Men

  Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.31, 谷月社

• PAST, n. That part of Eternity with some small fraction of which we have a slight and regrettable acquaintance... The Past is the Future of yesterday, the Future is the Past of to-morrow. They are one - the knowledge and the dream.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Dream, Future, Past

  "The Devil's Dictionary". Book by Ambrose Bierce, 1911.

• EXTINCTION, n. The raw material out of which theology created the future state.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Sarcastic, Future, Raw Materials

  Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.61, 谷月社

• To apologize is to lay the foundation for a future offense.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Future, Apology, Foundation

  Ambrose Bierce (1911). “The collected works”

• PROPHECY, n. The art and practice of selling one's credibility for future delivery.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Art, Future, Practice

  Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.189, University of Georgia Press

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