"Life well spent is long. " — Leonardo da Vinci

Day: A period of twenty-four hours, mostly misspent

Source: The Devil's Dictionary (1911)

To get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with

Source: Following the Equator, ch. 48 (1897)

Year: A period of three hundred and sixty-five disappointments

Source: The Devil's Dictionary (1911)

If you observe, people always live for ever when there is an annuity to be paid them.

Source: Sense and Sensibility (1811)

Peace: In international affairs, a period of cheating between two periods of fighting

Source: The Devil's Dictionary (1911)

All are architects of fate, working in these walls of time

Source: The Builders, The Seaside and the Fireside (1850)

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