ENTHUSIASM, n. A distemper of youth, curable by small doses of repentance in connection with outward applications of experience. Byron, who recovered long enough to call it "entuzy-muzy," had a relapse, which carried him off -- to Missolonghi. - Ambrose Bierce

Famous Quotes / Ambrose Bierce

Authors: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Ambrose Bierce: "ENTHUSIASM, n. A distemper of youth, curable by small doses of repentance in connection with outward applications of experience. Byron, who recovered long enough to call it "entuzy-muzy," had a relapse, which carried him off -- to Missolonghi."

Ambrose Bierce's Quotations

Quotations about

Applications	Byron	Call	Carried
Connection	Curable	Distemper	Doses
Enough	Enthusiasm	Entuzymuzy	Experience
Long	Missolonghi	Outward	Recovered
Relapse	Repentance	Small	Youth

Quotes by Power Quotations