Ambrose Bierce Quotes about Honor

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YOUTH, n. The Period of Possibility, when Archimedes finds a fulcrum, Cassandra has a following and seven cities compete for the honor of endowing a living Homer.

YOUTH, n. The Period of Possibility, when Archimedes finds a fulcrum, Cassandra has a following and seven cities compete for the honor of endowing a living Homer.

Ambrose Bierce

Life, Cities, Honor

Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.242, University of Georgia Press

IMPOSTOR n. A rival aspirant to public honors.

Ambrose Bierce

Honor, Rivals

Ambrose Bierce (2009). “The Devil's Dictionary: Easyread Super Large 20pt Edition”, p.190, ReadHowYouWant.com

To renounce an honor for an advantage. To renounce an advantage for a greater advantage.

Ambrose Bierce

Honor, Advantage, Renounce

Ambrose Bierce (2009). “The Devil's Dictionary: Easyread Super Large 24pt Edition”, p.176, ReadHowYouWant.com

OVATION, n. n ancient Rome, a definite, formal pageant in honor of one who had been disserviceable to the enemies of the nation. A lesser "triumph."

Ambrose Bierce

Rome, Honor, Enemy

Ambrose Bierce (2013). “The Best Of Ambrose Bierce: The Damned Thing + An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge + The Devil's Dictionary + Chickamauga (4 Classics in 1 Book)”, p.171, e-artnow

True, more than a half of the green graves in the Grafton cemetery are marked "Unknown," and sometimes it occurs that one thinks of the contradiction involved in "honoring the memory" of him of whom no memory remains to honor; but the attempt seems to do no great harm to the living, even to the logical.

Ambrose Bierce

Memories, Thinking, Honor

Ambrose Bierce (2002). “Shadows of Blue & Gray: The Civil War Writings of Ambrose Bierce”, p.280, Forge Books