Religion. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable.
Quotations by Ambrose Bierce

Other quotes and quotations :

• Learning. The kind of ignorance distinguishing the studious. Ambrose Bierce
• Knowledge is the small part of ignorance that we arrange and classify. Ambrose Bierce
• Litigant. A person about to give up his skin for the hope of retaining his bones. Ambrose Bierce
• Fear cannot be without hope nor hope without fear. Baruch (Benedict de) Spinoza
• Admiration is the daughter of ignorance. Benjamin Franklin
• Superstition is to religion what astrology is to astronomy; the mad daughter of a wise mother. Voltaire
• Think twice before you speak to a friend in need. Ambrose Bierce
• The covers of this book are too far apart. Ambrose Bierce
• A man is known by the company he organizes. Ambrose Bierce
• A route of many roads leading from nowhere to nothing. Ambrose Bierce