Frases célebres de Ambrose Bierce
“Si deseas que tus sueños se hagan realidad… ¡despierta!”
Variante: Si deseas que tus sueños se hagan realidad, ¡despierta!
“No hay nada nuevo bajo el sol, ¡pero cuántas cosas viejas hay que no conocemos!”
Variante: No hay nada nuevo bajo el sol, pero hay muchas cosas viejas que nosotros no sabemos.
“Oportunidad: una ocasión favorable para idear una decepción.”
Del Diccionario del Diablo (1881-1906)
Frases de fe de Ambrose Bierce
Del Diccionario del Diablo (1881-1906)
Frases de muerte de Ambrose Bierce
Ambrose Bierce Frases y Citas
“Felicidad: una agradable sensación que surge de la contemplación de la miseria de otro.”
Del Diccionario del Diablo (1881-1906)
“Guerra: Desatar con los dientes un nudo político que no se puede deshacer con la lengua.”
Del Diccionario del Diablo (1881-1906)
Del Diccionario del Diablo (1881-1906)
“Política: Conducción de los asuntos públicos para el provecho de los particulares.”
Del Diccionario del Diablo (1881-1906)
“Citas: una manera de repetir erróneamente las palabras de otro.”
Del Diccionario del Diablo (1881-1906)
Ambrose Bierce: Frases en inglés
“Prejudice, n. A vagrant opinion without visible means of support.”
Ambrose Bierce libro The Devil's Dictionary
The Devil's Dictionary (1911)
The Devil's Dictionary (1911)
Fuente: The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary
The Devil's Dictionary (1911)
Fuente: The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary
Ambrose Bierce libro The Devil's Dictionary
The Devil's Dictionary (1911)
“Non-combatant, n. A dead Quaker.”
Ambrose Bierce libro The Devil's Dictionary
The Devil's Dictionary (1911)
Ambrose Bierce libro The Devil's Dictionary
The Devil's Dictionary (1911)
Fuente: What I Saw At Shiloh (1881), V
The Devil's Dictionary (1911)
Fuente: The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary
Fuente: What I Saw At Shiloh (1881), VI
Contexto: I suppose the country lying between Corinth and Pittsburg Landing could boast a few inhabitants other than alligators. What manner of people they were it is impossible to say, inasmuch as the fighting dispersed, or possibly exterminated them; perhaps in merely classing them as non-saurian I shall describe them with sufficient particularity and at the same time avert from myself the natural suspicion attaching to a writer who points out to persons who do not know him the peculiarities of persons whom he does not know. One thing, however, I hope I may without offense affirm of these swamp-dwellers--they were pious. To what deity their veneration was given--whether, like the Egyptians, they worshiped the crocodile, or, like other Americans, adored themselves, I do not presume to guess. But whoever, or whatever, may have been the divinity whose ends they shaped, unto Him, or It, they had builded a temple. This humble edifice, centrally situated in the heart of a solitude, and conveniently accessible to the supersylvan crow, had been christened Shiloh Chapel, whence the name of the battle.
“n. Garment worn by child when its mother is feeling chilly.”
Fuente: The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary
“Egotist, n. A person of low taste, more interested in himself than in me.”
The Devil's Dictionary (1911)
Fuente: The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary
“Patience, n. A minor form of despair, disguised as a virtue.”
The Devil's Dictionary (1911)
Fuente: The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary
“All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusion is called a philosopher.”
Fuente: Epigrams, p. 369
Fuente: The Collected Writings Of Ambrose Bierce
“Selfish, adj. Devoid of consideration for the selfishness of others.”
The Devil's Dictionary (1911)
Fuente: The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary
The Devil's Dictionary (1911)
Fuente: The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary
The Devil's Dictionary (1911)
Fuente: 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.”
The Devil's Dictionary (1911)
Fuente: The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary
The Devil's Dictionary (1911)
Fuente: The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary
The Devil's Dictionary (1911)
Fuente: The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary
Ambrose Bierce libro The Devil's Dictionary
Fuente: The Devil's Dictionary (1911)
“Apologize, v. To lay the foundation for a future offense.”
The Devil's Dictionary (1911)
Fuente: The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary
Ambrose Bierce libro The Devil's Dictionary
The Devil's Dictionary (1911)
Contexto: 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.”
Fuente: The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary
“Bore, n. A person who talks when you wish him to listen.”
The Devil's Dictionary (1911)
Fuente: The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary
