Symbolic uses
Unlike most other methods of measuring time, the hourglass concretely represents the present as being between the past and the future, and this has made it an enduring symbol of time itself.
The hourglass, sometimes with the addition of metaphorical wings, is often depicted as a symbol that human existence is fleeting, and that the "sands of time" will run out for every human life. It was used thus on pirate flags, to strike fear into the hearts of the pirates' victims. In England, hourglasses were sometimes placed in coffins, and they have graced gravestones for centuries. The hourglass was also used in alchemy as a symbol for hour.
The former Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich in London used an hourglass on its coat of arms, symbolising Greenwich's role as the origin of GMT. The district's successor, the Royal Borough of Greenwich, uses two hourglasses on its coat of arms.
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decency
noun de·cen·cy \ˈdē-sən-sē\
: polite, moral, and honest behavior and attitudes that show respect for other people
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noun de·cen·cy \ˈdē-sən-sē\
: polite, moral, and honest behavior and attitudes that show respect for other people
How do you define decency into your perception? How do you show/make use of it in your behavioural attitudes.
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