Appropriate Quote by Ambrose Bierce Download Open image “Disobey n:To celebrate with an appropriate ceremony the maturity of a command” — Ambrose Bierce ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.3 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Appropriate Celebrate Ceremony Command Maturity
Ceremony forbids us to express by words things that are lawful and natural, and we obey it; reason forbids us to do things unlawful… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
We should never stand upon ceremony with sincerity. We should never cheat and insult and banish one another by our meanness, if there were… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
A certain degree of ceremony is a necessary outwork of manners, as well as of religion; it keeps the forward and petulant at a… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
All ceremonies are in themselves very silly things; but yet, a man of the world should know them. They are the outworks of Mannersand… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
Ceremony is an invention to take off the uneasy feeling which we derive from knowing ourselves to be less the object of love and… — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
“...the sacred ceremonies given to us by the Creator are the Heart of our existence. These ceremonies are our first duty.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Obedience to the will of God is the pathway to perpetual honor and everlasting joy. — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
What a brave privilege is it to be free from all contentions, from all envying or being envied, from receiving or paying all kinds… — Abraham Cowley Copy Share Image
We must learn which ceremonies may be breached occasionally at our convenience and which ones may never be if we are to live pleasantly… — Amy Vanderbilt 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
I was for many years myself a journalist and it is not appropriate to say a programme should not be broadcast. — Christopher Monckton Copy Share Image
There is no single best kind of death. A good death is one that is "appropriate" for that person. It is a death in… — Edwin S. Shneidman Copy Share Image
Persons who have cleansed themselves of any transgression and who have shown their ability to deal with homosexual inclinations and put them in the… — Dallin H. Oaks Copy Share Image
[T]he appropriate form of address between man and man ought to be, not monsieur, sir, but fellow sufferer, compagnon de miseres. — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
I would not, under any circumstances, try to impose my personal faith and belief on the rest of the country. I don't think that's… — John Edwards Copy Share Image
I have no policy, for or against: only a personal style. Which is to say, I use them when I think it's appropriate to;… — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
While the intelligence profession oftentimes demands secrecy, it is critically important that there be a full and open discourse on intelligence matters with the… — John O. Brennan Copy Share Image
Computer Science is a science of abstraction -creating the right model for a problem and devising the appropriate mechanizable techniques to solve it. — Alfred Aho Copy Share Image
For Father's Day, my kids always give me a bottle of cologne called English Leather. It's appropriate! To them I always smell like a… — Robert Orben Copy Share Image
As Mayor, I will fully support my Arts Commission and its professional selection committees so that they can commission a full range of public… — Gavin Newsom Copy Share Image
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