What did Ambrose Bierce mean by: PRE-EXISTENCE, n. An unnoted factor in creation. Ambrose Bierce Journalist · USA Copy
+ When in Rome, do as Rome does. Author, June 12, 2023January 2, 2025, Ambrose Bierce, Adaptation, Conformity, Cultural, 0 Ambrose Bierce Journalist · USA
+ Self-restraint is indulgence of the propensity to forgo. Author, November 5, 2023January 2, 2025, Ambrose Bierce, Indulgence, Propensity, Restraint, 0 Ambrose Bierce Journalist · USA
+ Painting, n.: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather, and exposing them to the critic. Author, January 5, 2024January 6, 2025, Ambrose Bierce, Art, Criticism, Protection, 0 Ambrose Bierce Journalist · USA
+ adore, v.t. To venerate expectantly. Author, August 24, 2023January 2, 2025, Ambrose Bierce, Anticipation, Love, Reverence, 0 Ambrose Bierce Journalist · USA
+ Here’s to woman! Would that we could fold into her arms without falling into her hands. Read explanation Author, January 5, 2024January 6, 2025, Ambrose Bierce, Admiration, Caution, Vulnerability, 0 Ambrose Bierce Journalist · USA
+ Slang is a foul pool at which every dunce fills his bucket, and then sets up as a fountain. Author, January 5, 2024January 6, 2025, Ambrose Bierce, Criticism, Ignorance, Language, 0 Ambrose Bierce Journalist · USA
+ When among the graves of thy fellows, walk with circumspection; thine own is open at thy feet. Author, January 5, 2024January 6, 2025, Ambrose Bierce, Awareness, Caution, Mortality, 0 Ambrose Bierce Journalist · USA
+ Congratulations is the civility of envy. Author, July 4, 2023January 2, 2025, Ambrose Bierce, Jealousy, Politeness, Recognition, 0 Ambrose Bierce Journalist · USA
Picasso said that everything is a miracle, that it’s a miracle that we don’t dissolve in our baths. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
The Art of Vermeer must have been there on the morning of creation. Frederick Sommer Photographer · USA
Everything must justify its existence before the judgment seat of reason, or give up existence. Friedrich Engels Philosopher, social scientist, and political theorist · Germany
Art is the highest task and the proper metaphysical activity of this life. Read explanation Friedrich Nietzsche Philosopher · Germany
