Formerly
In time past, either in time immediately preceding or at any indefinite distance; of old; heretofore.
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Formerly Quotations
Unquestionably, there is progress. The average American now pays out twice as much in taxes as he formerly got in wages.
H. L. Mencken
It is a maxim among these lawyers, that whatever hath been done before, may legally be done again: and therefore they take special care to record all the decisions formerly made against common justice and the general reason of mankind.
Jonathan Swift
By recollecting the pleasures I have had formerly, I renew them, I enjoy them a second time, while I laugh at the remembrance of troubles now past, and which I no longer feel.
Giacomo Casanova
What is now reason was formerly impulse or instinct.
Ovid
Laughter is nothing else but sudden glory arising from some sudden conception of some eminency in ourselves, by comparison with the infirmity of others, or with our own formerly.
Thomas Hobbes
Formerly, when religion was strong and science weak, men mistook magic for medicine; now, when science is strong and religion weak, men mistake medicine for magic.
Thomas Szasz
Happiness is an imaginary condition, formerly often attributed by the living to the dead, now usually attributed by adults to children, and by children to adults.
Thomas Szasz
Home computers are being called upon to perform many new functions, including the consumption of homework formerly eaten by the dog.
Doug Larson
Philanthropy is involved with basic innovations that transform society, not simply maintaining the status quo or filling basic social needs that were formerly the province of the public sector.
David Rockefeller
Formerly government was the responsibility of people; now people were the responsibility of government.
Garet Garrett
Formerly Translations
formerly in Danish is forhen
formerly in Dutch is daarvoor, vooraan, eerder, indertijd
formerly in French is jadis, autrefois, auparavant
formerly in Italian is davanti, ancor prima, un tempo
formerly in Latin is quondam, per antea, olim, antea
formerly in Norwegian is tidligere
formerly in Portuguese is diante, anteriormente, antes
formerly in Spanish is delante, anterior, anteriormente
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