The Devil’s Dictionary by Abrose Bierce

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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.
A busy man complained one day: “I get no time!” “What’s that you say?” Cried out his friend, a lazy quiz; “You have, sir, all the time there is. There’s plenty, too, and don’t you doubt it — We’re never for an hour without it.”
Purzil Crofe
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