Quote of the Day
Authors Categories Blog Quote Maker Videos
 

Ambrose Bierce Quotes: PREFERENCE, n. A sentiment, or frame of mind, induced by the erroneous belief that one thing is better than another.
         

PREFERENCE, n. A sentiment, or frame of mind, induced by the erroneous belief that one thing is better than another.


Ambrose Bierce
Check all other quotes by Ambrose Bierce

Want to display this quote image on your website or blog? Simply copy and paste the below code on your website/blog.

Embed:

Format of this image is jpg. The width and height of image are 1200 and 630, repectively. This image is available for free to download.





Citation

Use the citation below to add this quote to your bibliography:


Styles:

×

MLA Style Citation


"Ambrose Bierce Quotes." Quoteslyfe.com, 2024. Sun. 22 Dec. 2024. <https://www.quoteslyfe.com/quote/PREFERENCE-n-A-sentiment-or-frame-of-363031>.





Check out


Other quotes of Ambrose Bierce


Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.

Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.



The most affectionate creature in the world is a wet dog.

The most affectionate creature in the world is a wet dog.



War is God's way of teaching Americans geography.

War is God's way of teaching Americans geography.



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.

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.



Mayonnaise: One of the sauces which serve the French in place of a state religion.

Mayonnaise: One of the sauces which serve the French in place of a state religion.



Admiral. That part of a warship which does the talking while the figurehead does the thinking.

Admiral. That part of a warship which does the talking while the figurehead does the thinking.



Spring beckons! All things to the call respond; the trees are leaving and cashiers abscond.

Spring beckons! All things to the call respond; the trees are leaving and cashiers abscond.



NEPOTISM, n. Appointing your grandmother to office for the good of the party.

NEPOTISM, n. Appointing your grandmother to office for the good of the party.



Divorce: a resumption of diplomatic relations and rectification of boundaries.

Divorce: a resumption of diplomatic relations and rectification of boundaries.



Clairvoyant, n.: A person, commonly a woman, who has the power of seeing that which is invisible to her patron - namely, that he is a blockhead.

Clairvoyant, n.: A person, commonly a woman, who has the power of seeing that which is invisible to her patron - namely, that he is a blockhead.





Other quotes you may like



If we are of one mind, thousands can be conquered.If we are of one heart, millions can be conquered.If we are of one soul, countless can be conquered.

If we are of one mind, thousands can be conquered.If we are of one heart, millions can be conquered.If we are of one soul, countless can be conquered.



Eternity of struggle is life.

Eternity of struggle is life.



Zaphod marched quickly down the passageway, nervous as hell, but trying to hide it by striding purposefully.

Zaphod marched quickly down the passageway, nervous as hell, but trying to hide it by striding purposefully.



Until kids find something worth dying for, they don't have anything worth living for.

Until kids find something worth dying for, they don't have anything worth living for.



Remember: Greed is a bad color on a person.

Remember: Greed is a bad color on a person.



Only poetry can measure the distance between ourselves and the Other.

Only poetry can measure the distance between ourselves and the Other.



The office of the Vice-President is a greater honor than I ever dreamed of attaining.

The office of the Vice-President is a greater honor than I ever dreamed of attaining.



There will never be a nuclear war; there's too much real estate involved.

There will never be a nuclear war; there's too much real estate involved.



I prefer silent prudence to loquacious folly. [Lat., Malo indisertam prudentiam, quam loquacem stultitiam.]

I prefer silent prudence to loquacious folly. [Lat., Malo indisertam prudentiam, quam loquacem stultitiam.]




Quote Description


This page presents the quote "PREFERENCE, n. A sentiment, or frame of mind, induced by the erroneous belief that one thing is better than another.". Author of this quote is Ambrose Bierce. This quote is about time, mind, belief, frame of mind, one thing, preference,.