Ambrose Bierce Quotes about Adversity

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optimism, n. The doctrine, or belief, that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly, everything good, especially the bad, and everything right that is wrong. It is held with greatest tenacity by those most

optimism, n. The doctrine, or belief, that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly, everything good, especially the bad, and everything right that is wrong. It is held with greatest tenacity by those most accustomed to the mischance of falling into adversity, and is most acceptably expounded with disproof - an intellectual disorder, yielding to no treatment but death. It is hereditary, but fortunately not contagious.

Ambrose Bierce

Beautiful, Fall, Adversity

Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.175, University of Georgia Press

That part of your friend which it is your privilege to contemplate in your adversity

Ambrose Bierce

Friendship, Adversity, Privilege

Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.22, University of Georgia Press

CUNNING, n. The faculty that distinguishes a weak animal or person from a strong one. It brings its possessor much mental satisfaction and great material adversity. An Italian proverb says: "The furrier gets the skins of more foxes than asses."

Ambrose Bierce

Strong, Adversity, Animal

Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.38, 谷月社