Ambrose Bierce · The Devil’s Dictionary
“PHILOSOPHY, n. A route of many roads leading from nowhere to nothing.”
| Source | Ambrose Bierce, The Devil’s Dictionary (1906) |
| Date | 1906 |
| Wording | Exact |
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About This Line
Bierce had survived the slaughter at Shiloh and watched the Gilded Age trade one set of certainties for another. His verdict on philosophy isn’t nihilism — it’s the diagnosis of a man who’d stopped expecting any road to arrive anywhere.
Why We Carry This Line
Bleak, funny, and fair — from a man who’d seen enough to earn it. Definitely dinner conversation starters.
