Ambrose Bierce · The Devil’s Dictionary
“POSITIVE, adj. Mistaken at the top of one’s voice.”
| Source | Ambrose Bierce, The Devil’s Dictionary (1906) |
| Date | 1906 |
| Wording | Exact |
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About This Line
Bierce reserved special contempt for false certainty. Being “positive,” he decided, isn’t confidence — it’s being wrong loudly. One sentence that sketches an entire personality type.
Why We Carry This Line
You’ve met this person. You may have been this person. A nice reminder on your phone case. My issue is having lots of our phone cases (like this one) and only one phone.
