Better man Quote by Ambrose Bierce Download Open image “CONSOLATION, n. The knowledge that a better man is more unfortunate than yourself.” — Ambrose Bierce ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.2 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Better man Consolation Knowledge Men Self knowledge Unfortunate
If your knowledge teaches you not to rise above human weakness and misery and lead your fellow man on the right path, you are… — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
The best consolation in misfortune or affliction of any kind will be the thought of other people who are in a still worse plight… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
For with much wisdom comes much sorrow; the more knowledge the more grief. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The worst sickness of men tends to originate in the sentimental way they try to combat their sicknesses. What seems like an easy cure,… — Frederick Nietzsche Copy Share Image
In our sad condition our only consolation is the expectancy of another life. Here below all is incomprehensible. — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Consolation has been wrongly reviled. Consolation is not apathy or inaction. It is not closing one's eyes to the evils of the world. Rather,… — Vera Nazarian Copy Share Image
If you are good at in the art of finding consolation, it means that you have the best medicine after the disasters. — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
Today I know that I am a better man - and a happier man - because of what I've learned about myself. — Ricky Martin Copy Share Image
All men can bear a familiar, definite misfortune better than the cruel alternations of a fate which, from one moment to another, brings excessive… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
For those who need consolation no means of consolation is so effective as the assertion that in their case no consolation is possible: it… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
A Wise Thought: Never Allow Your Own Sorrow To Absorb You, But Seek Out Other To Console, And You Will Find Consolation. — Pacifiersucker Copy Share Image
I have noticed that after a time of deep sorrow the greatest comfort may come from a person you do not know well. — Alice Adams Copy Share Image
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… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
DECIDE, v.i. To succumb to the preponderance of one set of influences over another set. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
IMMORAL, adj. Inexpedient. Whatever in the long run and with regard to the greater number of instances men find to be generally inexpedient comes… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
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… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
CLOCK, n. A machine of great moral value to man, allaying his concern for the future by reminding him what a lot of time… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
RUBBISH, n. Worthless matter, such as the religions, philosophies, literatures, arts and sciences of the tribes infesting the regions lying due south from Boreaplas. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
There was never a genius who was not thought a fool until he disclosed himself; whereas he is a fool then only. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Telephone, n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distance. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
WHANGDEPOOTENAWAH, n. In the Ojibwa tongue, disaster; an unexpected affliction that strikes hard. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Jealous, adj. Unduly concerned about the preservation of that which can be lost only if not worth keeping. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
RIDICULE, n. Words designed to show that the person of whom they are uttered is devoid of the dignity of character distinguishing him who… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
If I were a boy, I think I could understand how it feels to love a girl..I swear I'll be a better man :-/ — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I should've been a better man instead of wasting my time spending my life searching for the finer things — Chris Brown Copy Share Image
“I think so. You’re saying that God’s putting me through this fire so He can make me a better man.” “Yes. The problem is,… — Jennifer H. Westall Copy Share Image
“The knuckles of his hand that had Shaw's name inked across them caught my eye. I pointed to them. "You have her with you… — Jay Crownover Copy Share Image
It is a great mistake to think that the extremist is a better man than the moderate. Usually the difference is not that he… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
“I've had recurring nightmares that I was loved for who I am...and missed the opportunity to be a better man.” — Muse Copy Share Image
I shall state silences more competently than ever a better man spangled the butterflies of vertigo. — Samuel Beckett Copy Share Image
“That morning, lying with the woman I loved, a silent promise was formed in my head. I was going to be a better man… — Jamie McGuire Copy Share Image
He’s playing every bit as hard as I am, only he knows what he’s doing and I don’t. Don’t blame me because he’s a… — Stephenie Meyer Copy Share Image
“Gentlemen, Admiral Lord Nelson wrote, of the officers aft on the quarterdeck and the seamen of the fo’c’sle: ‘Aft the most honour—forward the better… — Julian Stockwin Copy Share Image
“But both courses are to be avoided; you should not copy the bad simply because they are many, nor should you hate the many… — Seneca Copy Share Image
