Ambrose Bierce Quotes About Prisons

• OPIATE, n. An unlocked door in the prison of Identity. It leads into the jail yard.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Science, Jail, Doors

  Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.154, 谷月社

• PRISON, n. A place of punishments and rewards. The poet assures us that - stone walls do not a prison make.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Wall, Punishment, Stones

  Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.188, University of Georgia Press

• DEBT, n. An ingenious substitute for the chain and whip of the slave-driver. As, pent in an aquarium, the troutlet Swims round and round his tank to find an outlet, Pressing his nose against the glass that holds him, Nor ever sees the prison that enfolds him; So the poor debtor, seeing naught around him, Yet feels the narrow limits that impound him, Grieves at his debt and studies to evade it, And finds at last he might as well have paid it.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Grieving, Glasses, Aquariums

  Ambrose Bierce (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ambrose Bierce (Illustrated)”, p.2379, Delphi Classics

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