Ambrose Bierce Quotes about School

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As a means of dispensing formulated ignorance our boasted public school system is not without merit; it spreads out education sufficiently thin to give everyone enough to make him a more competent fool than he would

As a means of dispensing formulated ignorance our boasted public school system is not without merit; it spreads out education sufficiently thin to give everyone enough to make him a more competent fool than he would have been without it.

Ambrose Bierce

School, Ignorance, Mean

Ambrose Bierce (2015). “A Cynic Looks at Life”, p.7, Sheba Blake Publishing

NIHILIST, n. A Russian who denies the existence of anything but Tolstoi. The leader of the school is Tolstoi.

Ambrose Bierce

Leadership, School, Nihilist

Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.149, 谷月社

CALUMNUS, n. A graduate of the School for Scandal.

Ambrose Bierce

Graduation, School, Scandal

Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.31, University of Georgia Press

HOMOEOPATHY, n. A school of medicine midway between Allopathy and Christian Science. To the last both the others are distinctly inferior, for Christian Science will cure imaginary diseases, and they can not.

Ambrose Bierce

Christian, School, Science

Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.111, University of Georgia Press