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
The Devil's Dictionary (1911)
Fuente: The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary
Contexto: 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.”
The Devil's Dictionary (1911)
Fuente: The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary
“FIDELITY, n. A virtue peculiar to those who are about to be betrayed.”
Fuente: The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary
“Inhumanity, n. One of the signal and characteristic qualities of humanity.”
Fuente: The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary
“Religion, n. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable.”
The Devil's Dictionary (1911)
Fuente: The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary
Ambrose Bierce libro The Devil's Dictionary
Fuente: The Devil's Dictionary (1911)
Contexto: 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.
Ambrose Bierce libro The Devil's Dictionary
The Devil's Dictionary (1911)
Fuente: The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary
“Philosophy, n. A route of many roads leading from nowhere to nothing.”
The Devil's Dictionary (1911)
Fuente: The Devil's Dictionary and Other Works
Ambrose Bierce libro The Devil's Dictionary
The Devil's Dictionary (1911)
“Admiration, n. Our polite recognition of another's resemblance to ourselves.”
Ambrose Bierce libro The Devil's Dictionary
The Devil's Dictionary (1911)
“Mayonnaise, n. One of the sauces that serve the French in place of a state religion.”
Ambrose Bierce libro The Devil's Dictionary
The Devil's Dictionary (1911)
“Happiness, n. An agreeable sensation arising from contemplating the misery of another.”
Ambrose Bierce libro The Devil's Dictionary
The Devil's Dictionary (1911)
Fuente: The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary
“Politics, n. Strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles.”
Ambrose Bierce libro The Devil's Dictionary
The Devil's Dictionary (1911)
Contexto: Politics, n. A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.
“Impiety, n. Your irreverence toward my deity.”
Ambrose Bierce libro The Devil's Dictionary
Fuente: The Devil's Dictionary
“Amnesty, n. The state’s magnaminity to those offenders whom it would be too expensive to punish.”
The Devil's Dictionary (1911)
Fuente: The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary
Fuente: The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary
“War is God's way of teaching Americans geography.”
"War Is God's Way of Teaching Us Geography" https://quoteinvestigator.com/2014/05/19/geography/ at Quote Investigator <br class="br">"The comment 'War is God's way of teaching Americans geography,' is continually attributed to Ambrose Bierce. Biographer David E. Schultz, who has nearly all of Bierce's writing entered on his computer, cannot find this acerbic remark within that database." Ralph Keyes, The Quote Verifier (2007), p. 240 <br class="br">Misattributed
“Self-evident, adj. Evident to one's self and to nobody else.”
Ambrose Bierce libro The Devil's Dictionary
Fuente: The Devil's Dictionary
