Ambrose Bierce Quotes About Soul

• RUSSIAN, n. A person with a Caucasian body and a Mongolian soul. A Tartar Emetic.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Soul, Body, Caucasian

  Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.192, 谷月社

• MOUTH, n. In man, the gateway to the soul; in woman, the outlet of the heart.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Heart, Men, Soul

  Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.167, University of Georgia Press

• AFFLICTION, n. An acclimatizing process preparing the soul for another and bitter world.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Soul, World, Affliction

  Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.9, 谷月社

• A comely female inhabiting the Mohammedan Paradise to make things cheery for the good Mussulman, whose belief in her existence marks a noble discontent with his earthly spouse, whom he denies a soul.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Soul, Atheism, Female

  Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.113, University of Georgia Press

• Curiosity, n. An objectionable quality of the female mind. The desire to know whether or not a woman is cursed with curiosity is one of the most active and insatiable passions of the masculine soul.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Passion, Soul, Curiosity

  Ambrose Bierce (2011). “Ambrose Bierce: The Devil's Dictionary, Tales, and Memoirs: The Devil's Dictionary, Tales, and Memoirs”, p.601, Library of America

• Genius - to know without having learned; to draw just conclusions from unknown premises; to discern the soul of things.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Soul, Genius, Conclusion

  Ambrose Bierce (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ambrose Bierce (Illustrated)”, p.1216, Delphi Classics

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