Quotessence
Home / Quotes / Quote by Ambrose Bierce

Quote by Ambrose Bierce

Work

Delphi Complete Works of Ambrose Bierce (Illustrated)

The Delphi Complete Works of Ambrose Bierce (Illustrated) is a comprehensive compilation of the author's writings, featuring his most famous works such as 'The Cask of Amontillado' and 'An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge.' The illustrated format enhances the reader's experience with visual elements that complement Bierce's distinctive narrative voice. more

Author

Ambrose Bierce
Ambrose Bierce

Ambrose Bierce was an American journalist, satirist, and editor, renowned for his sharp wit and dark humor. He is best known for his satirical novel 'The Devil's Dictionary' and his short stories. Bierce was born on June 24, 1842, and his exact date of death remains unknown, as he disappeared during the American Civil War. more

You May Also Like

“RAILROAD, n. The chief of many mechanical devices enabling us to get away from where we are to where we are no better off. For this purpose the railroad is held in highest favor by the optimist, for it permits him to make the transit with great expedition.”

SciencePurposeHumourHighestFavorsChiefsGet AwayDevicesPermitOptimistBetter OffEnablingRailroadsExpeditionsRailroad TracksTrain Tracks
Book:The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World
Create image

“TELESCOPE, n. A device having a relation to the eye similar to that of the telephone to the ear, enabling distant objects to plague us with a multitude of needless details. Luckily it is unprovided with a bell summoning us to the sacrifice.”

EyeScienceSacrificeObjectsHumourEarsRelationDetailsDevicesBellsMultitudesTelephonesPlagueEnablingTelescopesSummoning
Book:Delphi Complete Works of Ambrose Bierce (Illustrated)
Create image

“I was often humiliated to see men disputing for a piece of bread, just as animals might have done. My feelings on this subject have very much altered since I have been personally exposed to the tortures of hunger. I have discovered, in fact, that a man, whatever may have been his origin, his education, and his habits, is governed, under certain circumstances, much more by his stomach than by his intelligence and his heart.”

MenHeartMayHas BeensDoneFactsFeelingsMightScienceCertainAnimalPiecesSubjectsHabitCircumstancesHungerBreadTortureStomachExposedAlteredHumiliated
Book:Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men ... Translated by ... W. H. Smyth ... the Rev. Baden Powell ... and R. Grant
Create image

“As the idea imparted by the term Cataclysm, Catastrophe, or Revolution, is extremely vague, and may comprehend any thing you choose to imagine, it answers for the time very well as an explanation; that is, it stops further inquiry. But it also has had the disadvantage of effectually stopping the advance of science, by involving it in obscurity and confusion.”

WellsMayIdeasScienceTermImaginationAnswersImagineRevolutionConfusionExplanationYou ChooseVagueCatastropheStoppingInquiryObscurityDisadvantagesInvolving
Author:George Julius Poulett Scrope
Create image

“First, it must be a pleasure to study the human body the most miraculous masterpiece of nature and to learn about the smallest vessel and the smallest fiber. But second and most important, the medical profession gives the opportunity to alleviate the troubles of the body, to ease the pain, to console a person who is in distress, and to lighten the hour of death of many a sufferer.”

GivingFirstsHumansPersonsImportantBodyPainScienceOpportunityHoursPleasureStudyTroubleImportanceProfessionMedicalEaseSmallestDistressMasterpieceMiraculousHuman BodyVesselConsoleFiberSufferersAlleviateMedical Profession
Author:Rudolf Virchow
Create image

“Intelligence is important in psychology for two reasons. First, it is one of the most scientifically developed corners of the subject, giving the student as complete a view as is possible anywhere of the way scientific method can be applied to psychological problems. Secondly, it is of immense practical importance, educationally, socially, and in regard to physiology and genetics.”

WayGivingFirstsTwoImportantReasonProblemScienceViewsPsychologySubjectsStudentsImportanceRegardMethodCornersPracticalsPsychologicalImmenseGeneticsScientific MethodPhysiologyPsychological Problems
Author:Raymond Cattell
Create image