Logo
Quote by Ambrose Bierce
Heaven lies about us in our infancy and the world begins lying abo

Heaven lies about us in our infancy and the world begins lying about us pretty soon afterward. – Ambrose Bierce

Other quotes by Ambrose Bierce

In our civilization, and under our republican form of government, intelligence is so highly honored that it is rewarded by exemption from the cares of office. – Ambrose Bierce

Category:
Government
Author
Ambrose Bierce
Read Quote

Creditor. One of a tribe of savages dwelling beyond the Financial Straits and dreaded for their desolating incursions. – Ambrose Bierce

Category:
Credit
Author
Ambrose Bierce
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Youth
category

If youth but had the knowledge and old age the strength. – Proverb

Category:
Youth

Youth is not a question of years: one is young or old from birth. – Natalie Clifford Barney

Category:
Youth

Youth, with swift feet, walks onward in the way; the land of joy lies all before his eyes. – Edward George Bulwer-Lytton

Category:
Youth

Im youth, Im joy, Im a little bird that has broken out of the egg. – James Barrie

Category:
Youth

Random Quotes

The two enemies of human happiness are pain and boredom. – Arthur Schopenhauer

Category:
Happiness

I have a bit of a rebellious nature. – John Cusack

Category:
Nature

If we go on the way we have, the fault is our greed and if we are not willing to change, we will disappear from the face of the globe, to be replaced by the insect. – Jacques Yves Cousteau

Category:
Change

I did a lot of gasoline commercials – Hess, Texaco. I was part of the family in the car, the little brat in the back. – Ricky Schroder

Category:
car