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
Convent - a place of retirement for women who wish for leisure to meditate upon the sin of idleness.
I was born to poor because of honest parents.
Saint: A dead sinner revised and edited.
Before undergoing a surgical operation, arrange your temporal affairs. You may live.
ORATORY, n. A conspiracy between speech and action to cheat the understanding. A tyranny tempered by stenography.
CALUMNUS, n. A graduate of the School for Scandal.
Habit: A shackle for the free.
FIB, n. A lie that has not cut its teeth. An habitual liar's nearest approach to truth: the perigee of his eccentric orbit.
One engaged in a commercial pursuit. A commercial pursuit is one in which the thing pursued is a dollar.
Platitude: All that is mortal of a departed truth.
Houseless: Having paid all taxes on household goods.
To be positive is to be mistaken at the top of one's voice.
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.