Children require guidance and sympathy far more than instruction. Ambrose Gwinett Bierce More Quotes by Ambrose Gwinett Bierce More Quotes From Ambrose Gwinett Bierce All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusions is called a philosopher. Ambrose Gwinett Bierce The world has suffered more from the ravages of ill-advised marriages than from virginity. Ambrose Gwinett Bierce History is an account mostly false, of events mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers, mostly fools. Ambrose Gwinett Bierce Abstainer. A weak man who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure. Ambrose Gwinett Bierce Absurdity. A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one's own opinion. Ambrose Gwinett Bierce Acquaintance. A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to. Ambrose Gwinett Bierce Callous, adj. Gifted with great fortitude to bear the evils afflicting another. Ambrose Gwinett Bierce Egotist a person more interested in himself than in me. Ambrose Gwinett Bierce Genius - To know without having learned to draw just conclusions from unknown premises to discern the soul of things. Ambrose Gwinett Bierce Pray To ask that the laws of the universe be annulled in behalf of a single petitioner confessed unworthy. Ambrose Gwinett Bierce Quoting the act of repeating erroneously the words of another. Ambrose Gwinett Bierce This ONLY is denied God The power to undo the past. Ambrose Gwinett Bierce We know what happens to people who stay in the middle of the road. They get run over. Ambrose Gwinett Bierce There are four kinds of Homicide felonious, excusable, justifiable, and praiseworthy. Ambrose Gwinett Bierce
