Quote by Ambrose Bierce

The palmist looks at the wrinkles made by closing the hand and says they signify character. The philosopher reads character by what the hand most loves to close upon.

The palmist looks at the wrinkles made by closing the hand a

Summary

This quote suggests two contrasting perspectives on understanding character. The palmist examines the wrinkles formed when a hand is closed and interprets them as indicators of one's character traits. On the other hand, the philosopher grasps character through observing what the hand tends to hold onto or cherish the most. While the palmist focuses on physical marks to assess character, the philosopher delves deeper into the desires and attachments that shape an individual's personality. This quote highlights the diverse approaches people can take when analyzing human nature and discerning someone's character.

Topics

By Ambrose Bierce

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

Because love was not the answer to every question. Because r

Because love was not the answer to every question. Because real love meant sacrifice. Sometimes love means letting go.

Melissa de la Cruz

Truth Love Sacrifice Life Lesson

Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you've conquered human

Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you've conquered human nature.

Charles Dickens

My argument against God was that the universe seemed so crue

My argument against God was that the universe seemed so cruel and unjust. But how had I got this idea of just and unjust? A man does not call a line crooked unless he has some idea of a straight line. What was I comparing this universe with when I called it unjust?

In every truth, the beneficiaries of a system cannot be expe

In every truth, the beneficiaries of a system cannot be expected to destroy it.

A. Philip Randolph

I know nothing about technology.

I know nothing about technology.

In order that people may be happy in their work, these three

In order that people may be happy in their work, these three things are needed: They must be fit for it: they must not do too much of it: and they must have a sense of success in it --not a doubtful sense, such as needs some testimony of others for its confirmation, but a sure sense, or rather knowledge, that so much work has been done well, and fruitfully done, whatever the world may say or think about it.

God, that dumping ground of our dreams.

God, that dumping ground of our dreams.

True courage is a result of reasoning. A brave mind is alway

True courage is a result of reasoning. A brave mind is always impregnable.

Sexual intercourse began in 1963 (which was rather late for

Sexual intercourse began in 1963 (which was rather late for me) -- Between the end of the Chatterley ban and the Beatles first LP.

In studying mathematics or simply using a mathematical princ

In studying mathematics or simply using a mathematical principle, if we get the wrong answer in sort of algebraic equation, we do not suddenly feel that there is an anti-mathematical principle that is luring us into the wrong answers.

Eric Butterworth

I just don't know how to deal with so many people giving me

I just don't know how to deal with so many people giving me that much affection. I never had that in my life.

Strategic thinkers were naturally rattled to find this outsi

Strategic thinkers were naturally rattled to find this outsider fooling around with their work. They had been thinking strategically when Reagan was just another movie actor playing opposite a chimpanzee, for heaven's sake. They think Reagan is too naive, too innocent, to grasp the intellectual complexities of cold war strategy.