PHILISTINE, n. One whose mind is the creature of its environment, foll…

Ambrose Bierce
646 citations
PHILISTINE, n. One whose mind is the creature of its environment, following the fashion in thought, feeling and sentiment. He is sometimes learned, frequently prosperous, commonly clean and always solemn. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2012). The Devil's Dictionary, p.93, Courier Corporation
Thought Time
28

More Author Quotes

MERCY, n. An attribute beloved of detected offenders. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2001). The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary, p.164, University of Georgia Press
Sabbath - a weekly festival having its origin in the fact that God made the world in six days and was arrested on the seventh. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2016). The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World, p.192, … ▶
Prejudice - a vagrant opinion without visible means of support. ✨ Devil's Dictionary (1911) p. 264
It is evident that skepticism, while it makes no actual change in man, always makes him feel better.
DECALOGUE, n. A series of commandments, ten in number - just enough to permit an intelligent selection for observance, but not enough to embarrass the choice. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2016). The Devil's Dic … ▶

PHILISTINE, n. One whose mind is the creature of its environment, following the fashion in thought, feeling and sentiment. He is sometimes learned, frequently prosperous, commonly clean and always solemn. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2012). The Devil's Dictionary, p.93, Courier Corporation

More Author Quotes

Most Cited Authors

The Best Quotes

Most Liked Authors

Curated Author Quotes