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
To bother about the best method of accomplishing an accidental result.
A total abstainer is one who abstains from everything but abstention, and especially from inactivity in the affairs of others.
Knowledge is the small part of ignorance that we arrange and classify.
MUSTANG, n. An indocile horse of the western plains. In English society, the American wife of an English nobleman.
Work: a dangerous disorder affecting high public functionaries who want to go fishing.
Feast, n. A festival. A religious celebration usually signalized by gluttony and drunkenness, frequently in honor of some holy person distinguished for abstemiousness.
Success is the one unpardonable sin against our fellows.
Liberty: One of Imagination's most precious possessions.
LEGACY, n. A gift from one who is legging it out of this vale of tears.
Abnormal, adj. Not conforming to standard. In matters of thought and conduct, to be independent is to be abnormal, to be abnormal is to be detested.
Idiot, n. A member of a large and powerful tribe whose influence in human affairs has always been dominant and controlling.
Selfish, adj. Devoid of consideration for the selfishness of others.
Optimist – A proponent of the doctrine that black is white.
They say that hens do cackle loudest when there is nothing vital in the eggs they have laid.