3 Ambrose Bierce Quotes on Reality

Ambrose Bierce quotes on reality

28. Cynic, n. A blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be. Hence the custom among the Scythians of plucking out a cynic's eyes to improve his vision.

45. Infancy, n. The period of our lives when, according to Wordsworth, 'Heaven lies about us.' The world begins lying about us pretty soon afterward.

66. Optimist, n. A proponent of the doctrine that black is white.