Ambrose Bierce Quotes About Cynicism

• Adolescence: The stage between puberty and adultery.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Cynical, Adultery, Cynicism

• Eulogy. Praise of a person who has either the advantages of wealth and power, or the consideration to be dead.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Power, Eulogy, Wealth

  Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.71, University of Georgia Press

• Cynic, n: a blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Vision, Cynicism, Cynic

  Cynic's Word Book (1906) p. 63

• Bigot: One who is obstinately and zealously attached to an opinion that you do not entertain.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Racist, Literature, Opinion

  Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.22, 谷月社

• A cheap and easy cynicism rails at everything. The master of the art accomplishes the formidable task of discrimination.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Art, Tasks, Discrimination

  Ambrose Bierce (2012). “The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 8 Epigrams, On With the Dance, Negligible Tales”, p.250, tredition

• Cynicism is that blackguard defect of vision which compels us to see the world as it is, instead of as it should be.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Vision, World, Cynicism

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