O. Henry - Time Quotes

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A burglar who respects his art always takes his time before taking anything else.

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If man knew how women pass the time when they are alone, they'd never marry.

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If men knew how women pass the time when they are alone, they'd never marry.

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The most notable thing about Time is that it is so purely relative. A large amount of reminiscence is, by common consent, conceded to the drowning man; and it is not past belief that one may review an entire courtship while removing one's gloves.

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In time truth and science and nature will adapt themselves to art. Things will happen logically, and the villain be discomfited instead of being elected to the board of directors. But in the meantime fiction must not only be divorced from fact, but must pay alimony and be awarded custody of the press despatches.

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We can't buy one minute of time with cash; if we could, rich people would live longer.

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