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
Suddenly to change one's opinions and go over to another party. The most notable flop on record was that of Saul of Tarsus, who has been severely criticised as a turn-coat by some of our partisan journals.
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.
OBLIVION, n. The state or condition in which the wicked cease from struggling and the dreary are at rest. Fame's eternal dumping ground.
A rabbit's foot may bring good luck to you, but it brought none to the rabbit.
Men become civilized, not in proportion to their willingness to believe, but in proportion to their readiness to doubt.
We know what happens to people who stay in the middle of the road. They get run over.
Ardor, n. The quality that distinguishes love without knowledge.
Edible - good to eat and wholesome to digest, as a worm to a toad, a toad to a snake, a snake to a pig, a pig to a man, and a man to a worm.
Positive, adj.: Mistaken at the top of one's voice.
Education, n.: That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding.
Egotist: a person more interested in himself than in me.
Lawsuit: A machine which you go into as a pig and come out of as a sausage.
The small part of ignorance that we arrange and classify we give the name of knowledge.