{"id":1317,"date":"2013-09-15T08:09:02","date_gmt":"2013-09-15T08:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/?p=1317"},"modified":"2013-09-15T08:09:02","modified_gmt":"2013-09-15T08:09:02","slug":"ambrose-bierce-quotes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/?p=1317","title":{"rendered":"Ambrose Bierce quotes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Quotation-Marks.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-480\" alt=\"Quotation Marks\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Quotation-Marks-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Quotation-Marks-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Quotation-Marks.jpg 251w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Bierce, Ambrose (18) &#8211; US author &amp; satirist (1842 &#8211; 1914)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/b><i><br \/>\nAcquaintance: A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to. The Devil&#8217;s Dictionary<\/p>\n<p><\/i><i>Admiration: Our polite recognition of another&#8217;s resemblance to ourselves. The Devil&#8217;s Dictionary<\/p>\n<p><\/i><i>The covers of this book are too far apart. The Devil&#8217;s Dictionary<\/p>\n<p><\/i><i>Bore: A person who talks when you wish him to listen. The Devil&#8217;s Dictionary<\/p>\n<p><\/i><i>Brain: an apparatus with which we think we think. The Devil&#8217;s Dictionary<\/p>\n<p><\/i><i>Calamities are of two kinds: misfortunes to ourselves, and good fortune to others. The Devil&#8217;s Dictionary<\/p>\n<p><\/i><i>Cogito cogito ergo cogito sum (I think that I think, therefore I think that I am.) The Devil&#8217;s Dictionary<\/p>\n<p><\/i><i>Politeness: The most acceptable hypocrisy. The Devil&#8217;s Dictionary<\/p>\n<p><\/i><i>Painting: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather and exposing them to the critic. The Devil&#8217;s Dictionary<\/p>\n<p><\/i><i>Politics: Strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The Devil&#8217;s Dictionary<\/p>\n<p><\/i><i>To be positive: To be mistaken at the top of one&#8217;s voice. The Devil&#8217;s Dictionary<\/p>\n<p><\/i><i>Quotation: The act of repeating erroneously the words of another. The Devil&#8217;s Dictionary<\/p>\n<p><\/i><i>The gambling known as business looks with austere disfavour upon the business known as gambling. The Devil&#8217;s Dictionary<\/p>\n<p><\/i><i>There is nothing new under the sun but there are lots of old things we don&#8217;t know. The Devil&#8217;s Dictionary<\/p>\n<p><\/i><i><i>Absurdity: A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one&#8217;s own opinion. The Devil&#8217;s Dictionary<\/i><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bierce, Ambrose (18) &#8211; US author &amp; satirist (1842 &#8211; 1914) Acquaintance: A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to. The Devil&#8217;s Dictionary Admiration: Our polite recognition of another&#8217;s resemblance to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/?p=1317\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[18],"class_list":["post-1317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-famous-quotations","tag-famous-quotations-2"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.8 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Famous quotations by Ambrose Bierce\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Melluvahess\"\/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/?p=1317\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO (AIOSEO) 4.9.8\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Maths Made Elementary | The true spirit of delight, the exaltation, the sense of being more than Man, which is the touchstone of the highest excellence, is to be found in mathematics as surely as in poetry...  Bertrand Russell\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ambrose Bierce quotes | Maths Made Elementary\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Famous quotations by Ambrose Bierce\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/?p=1317\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-09-15T08:09:02+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2013-09-15T08:09:02+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Ambrose Bierce quotes | Maths Made Elementary\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Famous quotations by Ambrose Bierce\" \/>\n\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"aioseo-schema\">\n\t\t\t{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\\\/?p=1317#article\",\"name\":\"Ambrose Bierce quotes | Maths Made Elementary\",\"headline\":\"Ambrose Bierce quotes\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\\\/?author=1#author\"},\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2013\\\/08\\\/Quotation-Marks.jpg\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\\\/?p=1317\\\/#articleImage\",\"width\":251,\"height\":250},\"datePublished\":\"2013-09-15T08:09:02+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2013-09-15T08:09:02+00:00\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\\\/?p=1317#webpage\"},\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\\\/?p=1317#webpage\"},\"articleSection\":\"Famous Quotations, famous quotations\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\\\/?p=1317#breadcrumblist\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk#listItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\\\/?cat=17#listItem\",\"name\":\"Famous Quotations\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\\\/?cat=17#listItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Famous Quotations\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\\\/?cat=17\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\\\/?p=1317#listItem\",\"name\":\"Ambrose Bierce quotes\"},\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk#listItem\",\"name\":\"Home\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\\\/?p=1317#listItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Ambrose Bierce quotes\",\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\\\/?cat=17#listItem\",\"name\":\"Famous Quotations\"}}]},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Maths Made Elementary\",\"description\":\"The true spirit of delight, the exaltation, the sense of being more than Man, which is the touchstone of the highest excellence, is to be found in mathematics as surely as in poetry...  Bertrand Russell\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\\\/?author=1#author\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\\\/?author=1\",\"name\":\"Melluvahess\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\\\/?p=1317#authorImage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/29e80e0bdf6ec9c75744ef070920b18e483c9bc108b5e55dde49b128b0e22771?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"width\":96,\"height\":96,\"caption\":\"Melluvahess\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\\\/?p=1317#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\\\/?p=1317\",\"name\":\"Ambrose Bierce quotes | Maths Made Elementary\",\"description\":\"Famous quotations by Ambrose Bierce\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\\\/#website\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\\\/?p=1317#breadcrumblist\"},\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\\\/?author=1#author\"},\"creator\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\\\/?author=1#author\"},\"datePublished\":\"2013-09-15T08:09:02+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2013-09-15T08:09:02+00:00\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\\\/\",\"name\":\"Maths Made Elementary\",\"description\":\"The true spirit of delight, the exaltation, the sense of being more than Man, which is the touchstone of the highest excellence, is to be found in mathematics as surely as in poetry...  Bertrand Russell\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\\\/#organization\"}}]}\n\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO -->\n\n","aioseo_head_json":{"title":"Ambrose Bierce quotes | Maths Made Elementary","description":"Famous quotations by Ambrose Bierce","canonical_url":"https:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/?p=1317","robots":"max-image-preview:large","keywords":"","webmasterTools":{"miscellaneous":""},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/?p=1317#article","name":"Ambrose Bierce quotes | Maths Made Elementary","headline":"Ambrose Bierce quotes","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/?author=1#author"},"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/#organization"},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Quotation-Marks.jpg","@id":"https:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/?p=1317\/#articleImage","width":251,"height":250},"datePublished":"2013-09-15T08:09:02+00:00","dateModified":"2013-09-15T08:09:02+00:00","inLanguage":"en-US","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/?p=1317#webpage"},"isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/?p=1317#webpage"},"articleSection":"Famous Quotations, famous quotations"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/?p=1317#breadcrumblist","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk#listItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/?cat=17#listItem","name":"Famous Quotations"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/?cat=17#listItem","position":2,"name":"Famous Quotations","item":"https:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/?cat=17","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/?p=1317#listItem","name":"Ambrose Bierce quotes"},"previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk#listItem","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/?p=1317#listItem","position":3,"name":"Ambrose Bierce quotes","previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/?cat=17#listItem","name":"Famous Quotations"}}]},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/#organization","name":"Maths Made Elementary","description":"The true spirit of delight, the exaltation, the sense of being more than Man, which is the touchstone of the highest excellence, is to be found in mathematics as surely as in poetry...  Bertrand Russell","url":"https:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/?author=1#author","url":"https:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/?author=1","name":"Melluvahess","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/?p=1317#authorImage","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/29e80e0bdf6ec9c75744ef070920b18e483c9bc108b5e55dde49b128b0e22771?s=96&d=mm&r=g","width":96,"height":96,"caption":"Melluvahess"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/?p=1317#webpage","url":"https:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/?p=1317","name":"Ambrose Bierce quotes | Maths Made Elementary","description":"Famous quotations by Ambrose Bierce","inLanguage":"en-US","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/#website"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/?p=1317#breadcrumblist"},"author":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/?author=1#author"},"creator":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/?author=1#author"},"datePublished":"2013-09-15T08:09:02+00:00","dateModified":"2013-09-15T08:09:02+00:00"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/#website","url":"https:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/","name":"Maths Made Elementary","description":"The true spirit of delight, the exaltation, the sense of being more than Man, which is the touchstone of the highest excellence, is to be found in mathematics as surely as in poetry...  Bertrand Russell","inLanguage":"en-US","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/#organization"}}]},"og:locale":"en_US","og:site_name":"Maths Made Elementary | The true spirit of delight, the exaltation, the sense of being more than Man, which is the touchstone of the highest excellence, is to be found in mathematics as surely as in poetry...  Bertrand Russell","og:type":"article","og:title":"Ambrose Bierce quotes | Maths Made Elementary","og:description":"Famous quotations by Ambrose Bierce","og:url":"https:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/?p=1317","article:published_time":"2013-09-15T08:09:02+00:00","article:modified_time":"2013-09-15T08:09:02+00:00","twitter:card":"summary_large_image","twitter:title":"Ambrose Bierce quotes | Maths Made Elementary","twitter:description":"Famous quotations by Ambrose Bierce"},"aioseo_meta_data":{"post_id":"1317","title":"Ambrose Bierce quotes | #site_title","description":"Famous quotations by Ambrose Bierce","keywords":[{"label":"ambrose bierce quotations","value":"ambrose bierce quotations"}],"keyphrases":null,"primary_term":null,"canonical_url":null,"og_title":null,"og_description":null,"og_object_type":"default","og_image_type":"default","og_image_url":null,"og_image_width":null,"og_image_height":null,"og_image_custom_url":null,"og_image_custom_fields":null,"og_video":null,"og_custom_url":null,"og_article_section":null,"og_article_tags":null,"twitter_use_og":false,"twitter_card":"default","twitter_image_type":"default","twitter_image_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_fields":null,"twitter_title":null,"twitter_description":null,"schema":{"blockGraphs":[],"customGraphs":[],"default":{"data":{"Article":[],"Course":[],"Dataset":[],"FAQPage":[],"Movie":[],"Person":[],"Product":[],"ProductReview":[],"Car":[],"Recipe":[],"Service":[],"SoftwareApplication":[],"WebPage":[]},"graphName":"","isEnabled":true},"graphs":[],"defaultGraph":"","defaultPostTypeGraph":""},"schema_type":"default","schema_type_options":null,"pillar_content":false,"robots_default":true,"robots_noindex":false,"robots_noarchive":false,"robots_nosnippet":false,"robots_nofollow":false,"robots_noimageindex":false,"robots_noodp":false,"robots_notranslate":false,"robots_max_snippet":null,"robots_max_videopreview":null,"robots_max_imagepreview":"large","priority":null,"frequency":null,"local_seo":null,"breadcrumb_settings":null,"limit_modified_date":false,"ai":null,"created":"2022-08-30 09:56:02","updated":"2025-06-04 09:53:13","seo_analyzer_scan_date":null},"aioseo_breadcrumb":"<div class=\"aioseo-breadcrumbs\"><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\" title=\"Home\">Home<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/?cat=17\" title=\"Famous Quotations\">Famous Quotations<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\tAmbrose Bierce quotes\n\t\t<\/span><\/div>","aioseo_breadcrumb_json":[{"label":"Home","link":"https:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk"},{"label":"Famous Quotations","link":"https:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/?cat=17"},{"label":"Ambrose Bierce quotes","link":"https:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/?p=1317"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1317"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1317\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1329,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1317\/revisions\/1329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}