Admonition Quote by Ambrose Bierce Download Open image “Nature's fortuitous manifestation of her purposeless objectionableness.” — Ambrose Bierce ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.7 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Admonition Fortuitous Manifestation Nature Science
Nature declares herself in her works. What exists beyond her domain, if anything, becomes necessarily a matter of faith or imagination. — Harvey Rice Copy Share Image
Nature has made up her mind that what cannot defend itself shall not be defended. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Nature is pitiless; she never withdraws her flowers, her music, her fragrance, and her sunlight from before human cruelty or suffering. — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
To those who study her, Nature reveals herself as extraordinarily fertile and ingenious in devising means, but she has no ends which the human… — Joseph Wood Krutch Copy Share Image
Nature does nothing in vain, and in the use of means to her goals she is not prodigal. — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
Nature is all very well in her place, but she must not be allowed to make things untidy. — Stella Gibbons Copy Share Image
Shall Nature, erring from her first command, self-preservation, fall by her own hand? — George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne Copy Share Image
Rule of science: only exclude purpose, and Nature will reveal her causes. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
Nature seems to look after her own only up to a certain point; beyond that they are supposed to fend for themselves. — Hal Borland Copy Share Image
Nature avenges herself speedily on the hard pedantry that would chain her waves. She is no literalist. Every thing must be taken genially, and… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Mysterious in the light of day, nature retains her veil, despite our clamours: That which she does not willingly display cannot be wrenched from… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
“If we are to succeed in the great task before us we must adopt a humbler attitude towards the elementary things of life than… — LORD NORTHBOURNE 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
The best preservative to keep the mind in health is the faithful admonition of a friend. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Everyone interested in licensing our field might note that the reason licensing has been invented is to protect the public, not designers or clients.… — Milton Glaser Copy Share Image
Far and away the most futile admonition Christ ever offered was when he said, 'Have no care for tomorrow. Don't worry about whether you're… — Daniel Quinn Copy Share Image
Reprehension is a kind of middle thing betwixt admonition and correction: it is sharpe admonition, but a milde correction. It is rather to be… — William Gouge Copy Share Image
Lastly, I would address one general admonition to all: that they consider what are the true ends of knowledge, and that they seek it… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Admonition never sinks so deeply on the heart as in the hour of trial; young, amiable as you are, life teems, I doubt not,… — Regina Maria Roche Copy Share Image
Harsh reproof is like a violent storm, soon washed down the channel; but friendly admonitions, like a small shower, pierce deep, and bring forth… — Roger Chamberlain Copy Share Image
It is a singular capriciousness of the human mind, that after all the admonitions we have had from experience on this head, there should… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
Keep Looking Up was my life's admonition I can do little else in my present position. — Jack Horkheimer Copy Share Image
What I mean by the Muse is that unimpeded clearness of the intuitive powers, which a perfectly truthful adherence to every admonition of the… — Margaret Fuller Copy Share Image
There needs to be an order of office, but in every single office that is presented in the Scriptures there is the personal emphasis… — Francis Schaeffer Copy Share Image
To arrive at perfection, a man should have very sincere friends or inveterate enemies; because he would be made sensible of his good or… — Diogenes Copy Share Image
