Ambrose Bierce
Ambrose Bierce
Ambrose Gwinnett Biercewas an American editorialist, journalist, short story writer, fabulist, and satirist. He wrote the short story "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" and compiled a satirical lexicon, The Devil's Dictionary. His vehemence as a critic, his motto "Nothing matters", and the sardonic view of human nature that informed his work, all earned him the nickname "Bitter Bierce"...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth24 June 1842
CityMeighs County, OH
CountryUnited States of America
Ambrose Bierce quotes about
To be positive is to be mistaken at the top of one's voice.
STORY, n. A narrative, commonly untrue.
There would be far fewer accidents if we could only teach telephone poles to be more careful.
Fork: An instrument used chiefly for the purpose of putting dead animals into the mouth.
Fidelity - a virtue peculiar to those who are about to be betrayed.
Coronation: The ceremony of investing a sovereign with the outward and visible signs of his divine right to be blown skyhigh with a dynamite bomb.
Cynic, n: a blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be.
Patriotism. Combustible rubbish ready to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name.
Brain, v. [as in "to brain"]: To rebuke bluntly, but not pointedly; to dispel a source of error in an opponent.
adore, v.t. To venerate expectantly.
recollect, v. To recall with additions something not previously known.
UXORIOUSNESS, n. A perverted affection that has strayed to one's own wife.
PROVIDENTIAL, adj. Unexpectedly and conspicuously beneficial to the person so describing it.
WHANGDEPOOTENAWAH, n. In the Ojibwa tongue, disaster; an unexpected affliction that strikes hard.