Quote by Ambrose Bierce
Childhood: the period of human life intermediate between the idioc

Childhood: the period of human life intermediate between the idiocy of infancy and the folly of youth – two removes from the sin of manhood and three from the remorse of age. – Ambrose Bierce

Other quotes by Ambrose Bierce

The slightest acquaintance with history shows that powerful republics are the most warlike and unscrupulous of nations. – Ambrose Bierce

Category:
History
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Age
category

No lie ever reaches old age. – Sophocles

Category:
Age

Some say that the age of chivalry is past, that the spirit of romance is dead. The age of chivalry is never past, so long as there is a wrong left unredressed on earth. – Charles Kingsley

Category:
Age

I feel like women are asked their age more than men. – Kristen Wiig

Category:
Age

The mind that is wise mourns less for what age takes away than what it leaves behind. – William Wordsworth

Category:
Age

Random Quotes

I went to school for engineering, I studied jazz. So I always had this kind of creative side and technical side, and I thought architecture might be the way to combine them, so I went to architecture school in New York. – Joseph Kosinski

Category:
architecture

I dont know if anybody wants to mix their politics with their entertainment. – Fiona Apple

Category:
Politics

I have epiphanies all the time, because Im always thinking. Im a thinker. Im always writing poetry, Im always coming to conclusions. – Chrisette Michele

Category:
Poetry

The first feminine feature that goes, with advancing age, is the neck. – Gloria Swanson

Category:
Age