Ambrose Bierce Quotes About Duty

• CERBERUS, n. The watch-dog of Hades, whose duty it was to guard the entrance - against whom or what does not clearly appear; everybody, sooner or later, had to go there, and nobody wanted to carry off the entrance.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Dog, Doe, Watches

  Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.29, 谷月社

• ACKNOWLEDGE, v.t. To confess. Acknowledgment of one another's faults is the highest duty imposed by our love of truth.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Love, Truth, Faults

  Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.11, University of Georgia Press

• EXECUTIVE, n. An officer of the Government, whose duty it is to enforce the wishes of the legislative power until such time as the judicial department shall be pleased to pronounce them invalid and of no effect.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Time, Power, Government

  Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.59, 谷月社

• Suffrage, noun. Expression of opinion by means of a ballot. The right of suffrage (which is held to be both a privilege and a duty) means, as commonly interpreted, the right to vote for the man of another man's choice, and is highly prized.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Mean, Men, Expression

• Duty - that which sternly impels us in the direction of profit, along the line of desire.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Desire, Literature, Lines

  Ambrose Bierce (2009). “The Devil's Dictionary: Easyread Large Bold Edition”, p.63, ReadHowYouWant.com

• The Senate is a body of old men charged with high duties and misdemeanors.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Men, Body, Congress

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