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
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.