Ambrose Bierce: Citáty anglicky (strana 2)

Ambrose Bierce byl americký novinář, spisovatel novel, fabulist a satirik. Citáty anglicky.
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“Cynic, n. A blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be. Hence the custom among the Scythians of plucking out a cynic's eyes to improve his vision.”

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Ambrose Bierce

The Devil's Dictionary (1911)
Zdroj: The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary

“Ocean, n. A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man — who has no gills.”

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The Devil's Dictionary (1911)
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“Scriptures, n. The sacred books of our holy religion, as distinguished from the false and profane writings on which all other faiths are based.”

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The Devil's Dictionary (1911)
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“Corporation, n. An ingenious device for obtaining individual profit without individual responsibility.”

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The Devil's Dictionary (1911)
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“Education, n. That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding.”

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“Apologize, v. To lay the foundation for a future offense.”

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The Devil's Dictionary (1911)
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“In our civilization, and under our republican form of government, intelligence is so highly honored that it is rewarded by exemption from the cares of office.”

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The Devil's Dictionary (1911)
Kontext: Brain, n. An apparatus with which we think that we think... In our civilization, and under our republican form of government, intelligence is so highly honored that it is rewarded by exemption from the cares of office.

“A benighted creature who has the folly to worship something he can see and feel.”

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“Bore, n. A person who talks when you wish him to listen.”

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The Devil's Dictionary (1911)
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“Cogito cogito ergo cogito sum -- "I think that I think, therefore I think that I am;" as close an approach to certainty as any philosopher has yet made.”

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The Devil's Dictionary (1911)
Zdroj: The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary
Kontext: Cartesian, adj. Relating to Descartes, a famous philosopher, author of the celebrated dictum, Cogito ergo sum -- whereby he was pleased to suppose he demonstrated the reality of human existence. The dictum might be improved, however, thus: Cogito cogito ergo cogito sum -- "I think that I think, therefore I think that I am;" as close an approach to certainty as any philosopher has yet made.

“Positive, adj. Mistaken at the top of one's voice.”

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The Devil's Dictionary (1911)
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“You are not permitted to kill a woman who has wronged you, but nothing forbids you to reflect that she is growing older every minute. You are avenged 1440 times a day.”

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“FIDELITY, n. A virtue peculiar to those who are about to be betrayed.”

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Zdroj: The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary

“Inhumanity, n. One of the signal and characteristic qualities of humanity.”

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Zdroj: The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary

“Religion, n. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable.”

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The Devil's Dictionary (1911)
Zdroj: The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary

“Christian, n.: one who believes that the New Testament is a divinely inspired book admirably suited to the spiritual needs of his neighbor.”

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Kontext: Christian, n. One who believes that the New Testament is a divinely inspired book admirably suited to the spiritual needs of his neighbor. One who follows the teachings of Christ so long as they are not inconsistent with a life of sin.