Philosophy Quote by Ambrose Bierce — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“Quotation, n: The act of repeating erroneously the words of another.”

“HOMICIDE, n. The slaying of one human being by another. There are”

“The covers of this book are too far apart.”

“All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusion is called a philosopher.”

“Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.”

“In our civilization, and under our republican form of government, intelligence is so highly honored that it is rewarded by exemption from the cares of office.”

“Today the aggressor is the shepherd of peace, and the beaten and hunted are the troublemakers of the world. What's more, there are whole races who believe it!”

“In short, philosophical theories are largely the product of the hidden hand of the cognitive unconscious.”

“Der Pragmatismus ersetzt uns alles, was früher die großen Ideen, die Ideologien und Religionen, der Glaube an Friede, Menschenrechte und Demokratie zu bieten hatten. Der Pragmatismus hält uns davon ab, zu Verbrechern zu werden, oder er macht uns zu solchen, wenn es nötig ist. Er legitimiert das Bestehen von Rechtssystem, Familie und Arbeit, er lässt uns nett sein und empfiehlt, sich ein angenehmes Äußeres zu erwerben. Nachdem wir uns aller Zwänge nach und nach erledigt haben, sorgt ein einziger Betreuer für uns: Pragmatismus.”

“You do not write your life with words...You write it with actions. What you think is not important. It is only important what you”

“Everybody we know surrounds himself with a fine house, fine books, conservatory, gardens, equipage, and all manner of toys, as screens to interpose between himself and his guest. Does it not seem as if man was of a very sly, elusive nature, and dreaded nothing so much as a full rencontre front to front with his fellow?”