Frases de Ambrose Bierce
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Ambrose Gwinett Bierce fue un escritor, periodista y editorialista estadounidense. Su estilo lúcido y vehemente le ha permitido conservar la popularidad un siglo después de su muerte, mientras que muchos de sus contemporáneos han pasado al olvido. Ese mismo estilo cáustico hizo que un crítico le apodara El amargo Bierce .

✵ 24. junio 1842 – 1914   •   Otros nombres Ambrose Gwinett Bierce, Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce
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Ambrose Bierce: 238   frases 14   Me gusta

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

Frases de muerte de Ambrose Bierce

Ambrose Bierce Frases y Citas

“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

“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.”

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

“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

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

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.

“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

“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)

“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

“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
"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
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

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