Ambrose Bierce Quotes about Beauty

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Optimism - the doctrine or belief that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly.

Optimism - the doctrine or belief that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly.

Ambrose Bierce

Beauty, Beautiful, Attitude

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

BAIT, n. A preparation that renders the hook more palatable. The best kind is beauty.

Ambrose Bierce

Beauty, Kindness, Preparation

Ambrose Bierce (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ambrose Bierce (Illustrated)”, p.2361, Delphi Classics

The creator and arbiter of beauty is the heart; to the male rattlesnake the female rattlesnake is the loveliest thing in nature.

Ambrose Bierce

Beauty, Heart, Males

Ambrose Bierce (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ambrose Bierce (Illustrated)”, p.2691, Delphi Classics

Beauty, n: the power by which a woman charms a lover and terrifies a husband.

Ambrose Bierce

Beauty, Husband, Power

Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.24, University of Georgia Press

QUIXOTIC, adj. Absurdly chivalric, like Don Quixote. An insight into the beauty and excellence of this incomparable adjective is unhappily denied to him who has the misfortune to know that the gentleman's name is pronounced Ke-ho-tay.

Ambrose Bierce

Beauty, Names, Gentleman

Ambrose Bierce (2009). “The Devil's Dictionary: Easyread Super Large 18pt Edition”, p.285, ReadHowYouWant.com