--- title: "23 Known Quotes By Ambrose Bierce" description: "23 Known quotes by Ambrose Bierce. Plus more from Ambrose Bierce and more Known sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b1c/ambrose-bierce-140_funny_recollect-v-to-recall-with-additions-som_2571713.jpg" --- > [recollect, v. To recall with additions something not previously known.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/recollect-v-to-recall-with-additions-something-not-previously-known/) [Ambrose Bierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose-bierce/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b1c/ambrose-bierce-140_funny_recollect-v-to-recall-with-additions-som_2571713.jpg) > [A man is known by the company he organizes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/a-man-is-known-by-the-company-he-organizes/) [Ambrose Bierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose-bierce/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b5/ambrose-bierce-140_business_a-man-is-known-by-the-company-he-organiz_1678769.jpg) > [Happiness has not to all the same name: to Youth she is known as the Future; Age knows her as the Dream.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/happiness-has-not-to-all-the-same-name-to-youth-she-is-known-as-the/) [Ambrose Bierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose-bierce/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6e/ambrose-bierce-140_age_happiness-has-not-to-all-the-same-name-t_344817.jpg) > [Wisdom is known only by contrasting it with folly; by shadow only we perceive that all visible objects are not flat. Yet…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/wisdom-is-known-only-by-contrasting-it-with-folly-by-shadow-only-we/) [Ambrose Bierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose-bierce/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86d/ambrose-bierce-140_abolish_wisdom-is-known-only-by-contrasting-it-w_2453740.jpg) > [The gambling known as business looks with austere disfavor upon the business known as gambling.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/the-gambling-known-as-business-looks-with-austere-disfavor-upon-the/) [Ambrose Bierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose-bierce/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf1/ambrose-bierce-140_business_the-gambling-known-as-business-looks-wit_2110875.jpg) > [PERFECTION, n. An imaginary state of quality distinguished from the actual by an element known as excellence; an attribute of the critic.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/perfection-n-an-imaginary-state-of-quality-distinguished-from-the-2/) [Ambrose Bierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose-bierce/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/032/ambrose-bierce-140_attributes_perfection-n-an-imaginary-state-of-quali_2775073.jpg) > [KING, n. A male person commonly known in America as a "crowned head," although he never wears a crown and has usually…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/king-n-a-male-person-commonly-known-in-america-as-a-crowned-head/) [Ambrose Bierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose-bierce/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e8/ambrose-bierce-140_america_king-n-a-male-person-commonly-known-in-a_1757843.jpg) > [WINE, n.Fermented grape-juice known to the Women's Christian Union as "liquor," sometimes as "rum." Wine, madam, is God's next best gift to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/wine-n-fermented-grape-juice-known-to-the-women-s-christian-union-as/) [Ambrose Bierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose-bierce/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d7/ambrose-bierce-140_best-gift_wine-n-fermented-grape-juice-known-to-th_94258.jpg) > [HEART, n. Figuratively, this useful organ is said to be the seat of emotions and sentiments . . . . It is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/heart-n-figuratively-this-useful-organ-is-said-to-be-the-seat-of/) [Ambrose Bierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose-bierce/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c14/ambrose-bierce-140_action_heart-n-figuratively-this-useful-organ-i_2680807.jpg) > [RAREBIT n. A Welsh rabbit, in the speech of the humorless, who point out that it is not a rabbit. To whom…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/rarebit-n-a-welsh-rabbit-in-the-speech-of-the-humorless-who-point-out/) [Ambrose Bierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose-bierce/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/acc/ambrose-bierce-140_bankers_rarebit-n-a-welsh-rabbit-in-the-speech-o_2142936.jpg) > [PRE-ADAMITE, n. One of an experimental and apparently unsatisfactory race of antedated Creation. . . . Little its known of them beyond…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/pre-adamite-n-one-of-an-experimental-and-apparently-unsatisfactory/) [Ambrose Bierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose-bierce/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f8/ambrose-bierce-140_cain_pre-adamite-n-one-of-an-experimental-and_672623.jpg) > [INCOMPATIBILITY, n. In matrimony a similarity of tastes, particularly the taste for domination. Incompatibility may, however, consist of a meek-eyed matron living…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/incompatibility-n-in-matrimony-a-similarity-of-tastes-particularly/) [Ambrose Bierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose-bierce/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/432/ambrose-bierce-140_around-the-corner_incompatibility-n-in-matrimony-a-similar_2525094.jpg) > [Male, A member of the unconsidered or negligible gender. The male of the human race is commonly known to the female as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/male-a-member-of-the-unconsidered-or-negligible-gender-the-male-of/) [Ambrose Bierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose-bierce/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb0/ambrose-bierce-140_female_male-a-member-of-the-unconsidered-or-neg_1960247.jpg) > [PALACE, n. A fine and costly residence, particularly that of a great official. The residence of a high dignitary of the Christian…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/palace-n-a-fine-and-costly-residence-particularly-that-of-a-great/) [Ambrose Bierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose-bierce/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bdd/ambrose-bierce-140_christian_palace-n-a-fine-and-costly-residence-par_2487951.jpg) > [“In this world one must have a name; it prevents confusion, even when it does not establish identity. Some, though, are known…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/in-this-world-one-must-have-a-name-it-prevents-confusion-even-when-it/) [Ambrose Bierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose-bierce/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/913/ambrose-bierce-140_confusion_in-this-world-one-must-have-a-name-it-pr_2528798.jpg) > [Potable, n. Suitable for drinking. Water is said to be potable; indeed, some declare it our natural beverage, although even they find…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/potable-n-suitable-for-drinking-water-is-said-to-be-potable-indeed-2/) [Ambrose Bierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose-bierce/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a38/ambrose-bierce-140_beverages_potable-n-suitable-for-drinking-water-is_1026774.jpg) > [Pertaining to a certain order of architecture, otherwise known as Normal American. Most of the public buildings of the United States are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/pertaining-to-a-certain-order-of-architecture-otherwise-known-as/) [Ambrose Bierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose-bierce/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d80/ambrose-bierce-140_architect_pertaining-to-a-certain-order-of-archite_1630774.jpg) > [Past, n. That part of Eternity with some small fraction of which we have a slight and regrettable acquaintance. A moving line…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/past-n-that-part-of-eternity-with-some-small-fraction-of-which-we/) [Ambrose Bierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose-bierce/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/36d/ambrose-bierce-140_acquaintance_past-n-that-part-of-eternity-with-some-s_2017162.jpg) > [POTABLE, n. Suitable for drinking. Water is said to be potable; indeed, some declare it our natural beverage, although even they find…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/potable-n-suitable-for-drinking-water-is-said-to-be-potable-indeed/) [Ambrose Bierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose-bierce/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c21/ambrose-bierce-140_age_potable-n-suitable-for-drinking-water-is_593995.jpg) > [HOG, n. A bird remarkable for the catholicity of its appetite and serving to illustrate that of ours. Among the Mahometans and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/hog-n-a-bird-remarkable-for-the-catholicity-of-its-appetite-and/) [Ambrose Bierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose-bierce/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/09c/ambrose-bierce-140_appetite_hog-n-a-bird-remarkable-for-the-catholic_155249.jpg) > [BIRTH, n. The first and direst of all disasters. As to the nature of it there appears to be no uniformity. Castor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/birth-n-the-first-and-direst-of-all-disasters-as-to-the-nature-of-it/) [Ambrose Bierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose-bierce/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/147/ambrose-bierce-140_birth_birth-n-the-first-and-direst-of-all-disa_1200169.jpg) > [PERFECTION, n. An imaginary state of quality distinguished from the actual by an element known as excellence; an attribute of the critic.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/perfection-n-an-imaginary-state-of-quality-distinguished-from-the/) [Ambrose Bierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose-bierce/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a1/ambrose-bierce-140_agree_perfection-n-an-imaginary-state-of-quali_1801251.jpg) > [PRESIDENT, n. The leading figure in a small group of men of whom - and of whom only - it is positively…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/president-n-the-leading-figure-in-a-small-group-of-men-of-whom-and-of/) [Ambrose Bierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose-bierce/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b9/ambrose-bierce-140_countrymen_president-n-the-leading-figure-in-a-smal_561256.jpg) ## Other authors on Known ## More by Ambrose Bierce > [OBSESSED, p.p. Vexed by an evil spirit, like the Gadarene swine and other critics. Obsession was once more common than it is now. Arasthus…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/obsessed-p-p-vexed-by-an-evil-spirit-like-the-gadarene-swine-and/) [Ambrose Bierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose-bierce/) > [DECIDE, v.i. To succumb to the preponderance of one set of influences over another set.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/decide-v-i-to-succumb-to-the-preponderance-of-one-set-of-influences/) [Ambrose Bierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose-bierce/) > [IMMORAL, adj. Inexpedient. Whatever in the long run and with regard to the greater number of instances men find to be generally inexpedient comes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/immoral-adj-inexpedient-whatever-in-the-long-run-and-with-regard-to/) [Ambrose Bierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose-bierce/) > [REVIEW, v.t. To set your wisdom (holding not a doubt of it./ Although in truth there's neither bone nor skin to it)/ At work…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/review-v-t-to-set-your-wisdom-holding-not-a-doubt-of-it-although-in/) [Ambrose Bierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose-bierce/) > [CLOCK, n. A machine of great moral value to man, allaying his concern for the future by reminding him what a lot of time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/clock-n-a-machine-of-great-moral-value-to-man-allaying-his-concern/) [Ambrose Bierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose-bierce/) > [RUBBISH, n. Worthless matter, such as the religions, philosophies, literatures, arts and sciences of the tribes infesting the regions lying due south from Boreaplas.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/rubbish-n-worthless-matter-such-as-the-religions-philosophies/) [Ambrose Bierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose-bierce/) > [There was never a genius who was not thought a fool until he disclosed himself; whereas he is a fool then only.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/there-was-never-a-genius-who-was-not-thought-a-fool-until-he/) [Ambrose Bierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose-bierce/) > [Telephone, n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/telephone-n-an-invention-of-the-devil-which-abrogates-some-of-the/) [Ambrose Bierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose-bierce/) > [WHANGDEPOOTENAWAH, n. In the Ojibwa tongue, disaster; an unexpected affliction that strikes hard.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/whangdepootenawah-n-in-the-ojibwa-tongue-disaster-an-unexpected/) [Ambrose Bierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose-bierce/) > [Jealous, adj. Unduly concerned about the preservation of that which can be lost only if not worth keeping.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/jealous-adj-unduly-concerned-about-the-preservation-of-that-which-can/) [Ambrose Bierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose-bierce/) > [RIDICULE, n. Words designed to show that the person of whom they are uttered is devoid of the dignity of character distinguishing him who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/ridicule-n-words-designed-to-show-that-the-person-of-whom-they-are/) [Ambrose Bierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose-bierce/) > [Think twice before you speak to a friend in need](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/think-twice-before-you-speak-to-a-friend-in-need/) [Ambrose Bierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose-bierce/) > [HERMIT, n. A person whose vices and follies are not sociable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/hermit-n-a-person-whose-vices-and-follies-are-not-sociable/) [Ambrose Bierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose-bierce/) > [TARIFF, n. A scale of taxes on imports, designed to protect the domestic producer against the greed of his consumer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/tariff-n-a-scale-of-taxes-on-imports-designed-to-protect-the-domestic/) [Ambrose Bierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose-bierce/) > [A bad marriage is like an electrical thrilling machine: it makes you dance, but you can't let go.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/a-bad-marriage-is-like-an-electrical-thrilling-machine-it-makes-you/) [Ambrose Bierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose-bierce/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/known/ambrose-bierce/#itemlist", "name": "23 Known Quotes By Ambrose Bierce", "numberOfItems": 23, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "recollect, v. To recall with additions something not previously known.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ambrose Bierce" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/recollect-v-to-recall-with-additions-something-not-previously-known/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b1c/ambrose-bierce-140_funny_recollect-v-to-recall-with-additions-som_2571713.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b1c/ambrose-bierce-140_funny_recollect-v-to-recall-with-additions-som_2571713.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b1c/ambrose-bierce-140_funny_recollect-v-to-recall-with-additions-som_2571713.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“recollect, v. To recall with additions something not previously known.” — Ambrose Bierce", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A man is known by the company he organizes.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ambrose Bierce" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/a-man-is-known-by-the-company-he-organizes/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b5/ambrose-bierce-140_business_a-man-is-known-by-the-company-he-organiz_1678769.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b5/ambrose-bierce-140_business_a-man-is-known-by-the-company-he-organiz_1678769.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b5/ambrose-bierce-140_business_a-man-is-known-by-the-company-he-organiz_1678769.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“A man is known by the company he organizes.” — Ambrose Bierce", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Happiness has not to all the same name: to Youth she is known as the Future; Age knows her as the Dream.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ambrose Bierce" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/happiness-has-not-to-all-the-same-name-to-youth-she-is-known-as-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6e/ambrose-bierce-140_age_happiness-has-not-to-all-the-same-name-t_344817.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6e/ambrose-bierce-140_age_happiness-has-not-to-all-the-same-name-t_344817.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6e/ambrose-bierce-140_age_happiness-has-not-to-all-the-same-name-t_344817.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Happiness has not to all the same name: to Youth she is known as the Future; Age knows her as the Dream.” — Ambrose Bierce", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Wisdom is known only by contrasting it with folly; by shadow only we perceive that all visible objects are not flat. Yet Philanthropos would abolish evil!", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ambrose Bierce" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/wisdom-is-known-only-by-contrasting-it-with-folly-by-shadow-only-we/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86d/ambrose-bierce-140_abolish_wisdom-is-known-only-by-contrasting-it-w_2453740.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86d/ambrose-bierce-140_abolish_wisdom-is-known-only-by-contrasting-it-w_2453740.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86d/ambrose-bierce-140_abolish_wisdom-is-known-only-by-contrasting-it-w_2453740.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Wisdom is known only by contrasting it with folly; by shadow only we perceive that all visible objects are…” — Ambrose Bierce", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The gambling known as business looks with austere disfavor upon the business known as gambling.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ambrose Bierce" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/the-gambling-known-as-business-looks-with-austere-disfavor-upon-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf1/ambrose-bierce-140_business_the-gambling-known-as-business-looks-wit_2110875.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf1/ambrose-bierce-140_business_the-gambling-known-as-business-looks-wit_2110875.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf1/ambrose-bierce-140_business_the-gambling-known-as-business-looks-wit_2110875.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The gambling known as business looks with austere disfavor upon the business known as gambling.” — Ambrose Bierce", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 6, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "PERFECTION, n. An imaginary state of quality distinguished from the actual by an element known as excellence; an attribute of the critic.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ambrose Bierce" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/perfection-n-an-imaginary-state-of-quality-distinguished-from-the-2/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/032/ambrose-bierce-140_attributes_perfection-n-an-imaginary-state-of-quali_2775073.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/032/ambrose-bierce-140_attributes_perfection-n-an-imaginary-state-of-quali_2775073.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/032/ambrose-bierce-140_attributes_perfection-n-an-imaginary-state-of-quali_2775073.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“PERFECTION, n. An imaginary state of quality distinguished from the actual by an element known as…” — Ambrose Bierce", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 7, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "KING, n. A male person commonly known in America as a \"crowned head,\" although he never wears a crown and has usually no head to speak of.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ambrose Bierce" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/king-n-a-male-person-commonly-known-in-america-as-a-crowned-head/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e8/ambrose-bierce-140_america_king-n-a-male-person-commonly-known-in-a_1757843.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e8/ambrose-bierce-140_america_king-n-a-male-person-commonly-known-in-a_1757843.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e8/ambrose-bierce-140_america_king-n-a-male-person-commonly-known-in-a_1757843.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“KING, n. A male person commonly known in America as a \"crowned head,\" although he never wears a crown and…” — Ambrose Bierce", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 8, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "WINE, n.Fermented grape-juice known to the Women's Christian Union as \"liquor,\" sometimes as \"rum.\" Wine, madam, is God's next best gift to man.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ambrose Bierce" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/wine-n-fermented-grape-juice-known-to-the-women-s-christian-union-as/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d7/ambrose-bierce-140_best-gift_wine-n-fermented-grape-juice-known-to-th_94258.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d7/ambrose-bierce-140_best-gift_wine-n-fermented-grape-juice-known-to-th_94258.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d7/ambrose-bierce-140_best-gift_wine-n-fermented-grape-juice-known-to-th_94258.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“WINE, n.Fermented grape-juice known to the Women's Christian Union as \"liquor,\" sometimes as \"rum.\" Wine…” — Ambrose Bierce", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 9, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "HEART, n. Figuratively, this useful organ is said to be the seat of emotions and sentiments . . . . It is now known that sentiments and emotions reside in the stomach, being evolved from food by chemical action of the gastric fluid.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ambrose Bierce" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/heart-n-figuratively-this-useful-organ-is-said-to-be-the-seat-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c14/ambrose-bierce-140_action_heart-n-figuratively-this-useful-organ-i_2680807.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c14/ambrose-bierce-140_action_heart-n-figuratively-this-useful-organ-i_2680807.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c14/ambrose-bierce-140_action_heart-n-figuratively-this-useful-organ-i_2680807.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“HEART, n. Figuratively, this useful organ is said to be the seat of emotions and sentiments . . . . It is…” — Ambrose Bierce", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 10, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "RAREBIT n. A Welsh rabbit, in the speech of the humorless, who point out that it is not a rabbit. To whom it may be solemnly explained that the comestible known as toad-in-a-hole is really not a toad, and that riz-de-veau à la financière is not the smile of a calf prepared after the recipe of a she banker.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ambrose Bierce" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/rarebit-n-a-welsh-rabbit-in-the-speech-of-the-humorless-who-point-out/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/acc/ambrose-bierce-140_bankers_rarebit-n-a-welsh-rabbit-in-the-speech-o_2142936.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/acc/ambrose-bierce-140_bankers_rarebit-n-a-welsh-rabbit-in-the-speech-o_2142936.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/acc/ambrose-bierce-140_bankers_rarebit-n-a-welsh-rabbit-in-the-speech-o_2142936.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“RAREBIT n. A Welsh rabbit, in the speech of the humorless, who point out that it is not a rabbit. To whom it…” — Ambrose Bierce", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 11, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "PRE-ADAMITE, n. One of an experimental and apparently unsatisfactory race of antedated Creation. . . . Little its known of them beyond the fact that they supplied Cain with a wife and theologians with a controversy.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ambrose Bierce" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/pre-adamite-n-one-of-an-experimental-and-apparently-unsatisfactory/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f8/ambrose-bierce-140_cain_pre-adamite-n-one-of-an-experimental-and_672623.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f8/ambrose-bierce-140_cain_pre-adamite-n-one-of-an-experimental-and_672623.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f8/ambrose-bierce-140_cain_pre-adamite-n-one-of-an-experimental-and_672623.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“PRE-ADAMITE, n. One of an experimental and apparently unsatisfactory race of antedated Creation…” — Ambrose Bierce", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 12, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "INCOMPATIBILITY, n. In matrimony a similarity of tastes, particularly the taste for domination. Incompatibility may, however, consist of a meek-eyed matron living just around the corner. It has even been known to wear a moustache.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ambrose Bierce" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/incompatibility-n-in-matrimony-a-similarity-of-tastes-particularly/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/432/ambrose-bierce-140_around-the-corner_incompatibility-n-in-matrimony-a-similar_2525094.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/432/ambrose-bierce-140_around-the-corner_incompatibility-n-in-matrimony-a-similar_2525094.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/432/ambrose-bierce-140_around-the-corner_incompatibility-n-in-matrimony-a-similar_2525094.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“INCOMPATIBILITY, n. In matrimony a similarity of tastes, particularly the taste for domination…” — Ambrose Bierce", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 13, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Male, A member of the unconsidered or negligible gender. The male of the human race is commonly known to the female as Mere Man. The Genus has two varieties: good providers and bad providers.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ambrose Bierce" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/male-a-member-of-the-unconsidered-or-negligible-gender-the-male-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb0/ambrose-bierce-140_female_male-a-member-of-the-unconsidered-or-neg_1960247.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb0/ambrose-bierce-140_female_male-a-member-of-the-unconsidered-or-neg_1960247.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb0/ambrose-bierce-140_female_male-a-member-of-the-unconsidered-or-neg_1960247.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Male, A member of the unconsidered or negligible gender. The male of the human race is commonly known to the…” — Ambrose Bierce", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 14, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "PALACE, n. A fine and costly residence, particularly that of a great official. The residence of a high dignitary of the Christian Church is called a palace; that of the Founder of his religion was known as a field, or wayside. There is progress.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ambrose Bierce" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/palace-n-a-fine-and-costly-residence-particularly-that-of-a-great/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bdd/ambrose-bierce-140_christian_palace-n-a-fine-and-costly-residence-par_2487951.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bdd/ambrose-bierce-140_christian_palace-n-a-fine-and-costly-residence-par_2487951.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bdd/ambrose-bierce-140_christian_palace-n-a-fine-and-costly-residence-par_2487951.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“PALACE, n. A fine and costly residence, particularly that of a great official. The residence of a high…” — Ambrose Bierce", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 15, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“In this world one must have a name; it prevents confusion, even when it does not establish identity. Some, though, are known by numbers, which also seem inadequate distinctions.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ambrose Bierce" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/in-this-world-one-must-have-a-name-it-prevents-confusion-even-when-it/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/913/ambrose-bierce-140_confusion_in-this-world-one-must-have-a-name-it-pr_2528798.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/913/ambrose-bierce-140_confusion_in-this-world-one-must-have-a-name-it-pr_2528798.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/913/ambrose-bierce-140_confusion_in-this-world-one-must-have-a-name-it-pr_2528798.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“In this world one must have a name; it prevents confusion, even when it does not establish identity. Some…” — Ambrose Bierce", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 16, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Potable, n. Suitable for drinking. Water is said to be potable; indeed, some declare it our natural beverage, although even they find it palatable only when suffering from the recurrent disorder known as thirst, for which it is a medicine.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ambrose Bierce" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/potable-n-suitable-for-drinking-water-is-said-to-be-potable-indeed-2/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a38/ambrose-bierce-140_beverages_potable-n-suitable-for-drinking-water-is_1026774.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a38/ambrose-bierce-140_beverages_potable-n-suitable-for-drinking-water-is_1026774.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a38/ambrose-bierce-140_beverages_potable-n-suitable-for-drinking-water-is_1026774.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Potable, n. Suitable for drinking. Water is said to be potable; indeed, some declare it our natural…” — Ambrose Bierce", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 17, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Pertaining to a certain order of architecture, otherwise known as Normal American. Most of the public buildings of the United States are of the Ramshackle order, though some of our earlier architects preferred the Ironic. Recent additions to the White House in Washington are Theo-Doric, the ecclesiastic order of the Dorians. They are exceedingly fine and cost one hundred dollars a brick.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ambrose Bierce" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/pertaining-to-a-certain-order-of-architecture-otherwise-known-as/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d80/ambrose-bierce-140_architect_pertaining-to-a-certain-order-of-archite_1630774.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d80/ambrose-bierce-140_architect_pertaining-to-a-certain-order-of-archite_1630774.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d80/ambrose-bierce-140_architect_pertaining-to-a-certain-order-of-archite_1630774.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Pertaining to a certain order of architecture, otherwise known as Normal American. Most of the public…” — Ambrose Bierce", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 18, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Past, n. That part of Eternity with some small fraction of which we have a slight and regrettable acquaintance. A moving line called the Present parts it from an imaginary period known as the Future. These two grand divisions of Eternity, of which the one is continually effacing the other, are entirely unlike. The one is dark with sorrow and disappointment, the other bright with prosperity and joy… Yet the Past is the Future of yesterday, the Future is the Past of to-morrow. They are one-the knowledge and the dream.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ambrose Bierce" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/past-n-that-part-of-eternity-with-some-small-fraction-of-which-we/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/36d/ambrose-bierce-140_acquaintance_past-n-that-part-of-eternity-with-some-s_2017162.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/36d/ambrose-bierce-140_acquaintance_past-n-that-part-of-eternity-with-some-s_2017162.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/36d/ambrose-bierce-140_acquaintance_past-n-that-part-of-eternity-with-some-s_2017162.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Past, n. That part of Eternity with some small fraction of which we have a slight and regrettable…” — Ambrose Bierce", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 19, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "POTABLE, n. Suitable for drinking. Water is said to be potable; indeed, some declare it our natural beverage, although even they find it palatable only when suffering from the recurrent disorder known as thirst, for which it is a medicine. Upon nothing has so great and diligent ingenuity been brought to bear in all ages and in all countries, except the most uncivilized, as upon the invention of substitutes for water. To hold that this general aversion to that liquid has no basis in the preservative instinct of the race is to be unscientific-and without science we are as the snakes and toads.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ambrose Bierce" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/potable-n-suitable-for-drinking-water-is-said-to-be-potable-indeed/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c21/ambrose-bierce-140_age_potable-n-suitable-for-drinking-water-is_593995.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c21/ambrose-bierce-140_age_potable-n-suitable-for-drinking-water-is_593995.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c21/ambrose-bierce-140_age_potable-n-suitable-for-drinking-water-is_593995.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“POTABLE, n. Suitable for drinking. Water is said to be potable; indeed, some declare it our natural…” — Ambrose Bierce", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 20, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "HOG, n. A bird remarkable for the catholicity of its appetite and serving to illustrate that of ours. Among the Mahometans and Jews, the hog is not in favor as an article of diet, but is respected for the delicacy and the melody of its voice. It is chiefly as a songster that the fowl is esteemed; the cage of him in full chorus has been known to draw tears from two persons at once. The scientific name of this dicky-bird is _Porcus Rockefelleri_. Mr. Rockefeller did not discover the hog, but it is considered his by right of resemblance.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ambrose Bierce" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/hog-n-a-bird-remarkable-for-the-catholicity-of-its-appetite-and/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/09c/ambrose-bierce-140_appetite_hog-n-a-bird-remarkable-for-the-catholic_155249.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/09c/ambrose-bierce-140_appetite_hog-n-a-bird-remarkable-for-the-catholic_155249.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/09c/ambrose-bierce-140_appetite_hog-n-a-bird-remarkable-for-the-catholic_155249.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“HOG, n. A bird remarkable for the catholicity of its appetite and serving to illustrate that of ours. Among…” — Ambrose Bierce", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 21, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "BIRTH, n. The first and direst of all disasters. As to the nature of it there appears to be no uniformity. Castor and Pollux were born from the egg. Pallas came out of a skull. Galatea was once a block of stone. Peresilis, who wrote in the tenth century, avers that he grew up out of the ground where a priest had spilled holy water. It is known that Arimaxus was derived from a hole in the earth, made by a stroke of lightning. Leucomedon was the son of a cavern in Mount Etna, and I have myself seen a man come out of a wine cellar.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ambrose Bierce" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/birth-n-the-first-and-direst-of-all-disasters-as-to-the-nature-of-it/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/147/ambrose-bierce-140_birth_birth-n-the-first-and-direst-of-all-disa_1200169.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/147/ambrose-bierce-140_birth_birth-n-the-first-and-direst-of-all-disa_1200169.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/147/ambrose-bierce-140_birth_birth-n-the-first-and-direst-of-all-disa_1200169.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“BIRTH, n. The first and direst of all disasters. As to the nature of it there appears to be no uniformity…” — Ambrose Bierce", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 22, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "PERFECTION, n. An imaginary state of quality distinguished from the actual by an element known as excellence; an attribute of the critic. The editor of an English magazine having received a letter pointing out the erroneous nature of his views and style, and signed \"Perfection,\" promptly wrote at the foot of the letter: \"I don't agree with you,\" and mailed it to Matthew Arnold.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ambrose Bierce" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/perfection-n-an-imaginary-state-of-quality-distinguished-from-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a1/ambrose-bierce-140_agree_perfection-n-an-imaginary-state-of-quali_1801251.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a1/ambrose-bierce-140_agree_perfection-n-an-imaginary-state-of-quali_1801251.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a1/ambrose-bierce-140_agree_perfection-n-an-imaginary-state-of-quali_1801251.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“PERFECTION, n. An imaginary state of quality distinguished from the actual by an element known as…” — Ambrose Bierce", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 23, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "PRESIDENT, n. The leading figure in a small group of men of whom - and of whom only - it is positively known that immense numbers of their countrymen did not want any of them for President.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ambrose Bierce" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/president-n-the-leading-figure-in-a-small-group-of-men-of-whom-and-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b9/ambrose-bierce-140_countrymen_president-n-the-leading-figure-in-a-smal_561256.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b9/ambrose-bierce-140_countrymen_president-n-the-leading-figure-in-a-smal_561256.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b9/ambrose-bierce-140_countrymen_president-n-the-leading-figure-in-a-smal_561256.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“PRESIDENT, n. The leading figure in a small group of men of whom - and of whom only - it is positively known…” — Ambrose Bierce", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/known/ambrose-bierce/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/known/ambrose-bierce/", "name": "Known Quotes by Ambrose Bierce", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/known/ambrose-bierce/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b1c/ambrose-bierce-140_funny_recollect-v-to-recall-with-additions-som_2571713.jpg" }, "description": "23 Known quotes by Ambrose Bierce. Plus more from Ambrose Bierce and more Known sayings from other authors.", "breadcrumb": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/known/ambrose-bierce/#breadcrumb" } }, { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/known/ambrose-bierce/#breadcrumb", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Topics", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/categories/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "Known", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/known/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "name": "Ambrose Bierce", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/known/ambrose-bierce/" } ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "publisher": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } }, { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png", "width": 512, "height": 512 } } ] } ```