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Understanding Quotes by Ambrose Bierce
- Education, n.: That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding.
- KISS, n. A word invented by the poets as a rhyme for "bliss." It is supposed to signify, in a general way, some kind of…
- UNDERSTANDING, n. A cerebral secretion that enables one having it to know a house from a horse by the roof on the house. Its nature…
- ORATORY, n. A conspiracy between speech and action to cheat the understanding. A tyranny tempered by stenography.
- VITUPERATION, n. Saite, as understood by dunces and all such as suffer from an impediment in their wit.
- INTERPRETER, n. One who enables two persons of different languages to understand each other by repeating to each what it would have been to the…
- Education: That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding.
More Understanding Quotes
- Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man's desire to understand. — Neil Armstrong
- When we speak the word 'life,' it must be understood we are not referring to life as we know it from its… — Antonin Artaud
- I am not a speed reader. I am a speed understander. — Isaac Asimov
- An understanding of the natural world and what's in it is a source of not only a great curiosity but great fulfillment. — David Attenborough
- I've never understood why people consider youth a time of freedom and joy. It's probably because they have forgotten their own. — Margaret Atwood
- The most important aspect of the relationship between the president and the secretary of state is that they both understand who is… — Dean Acheson
- To understand the true quality of people, you must look into their minds, and examine their pursuits and aversions. — Marcus Aurelius
- Aptitude found in the understanding and is often inherited. Genius coming from reason and imagination, rarely. — Marcus Aurelius