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
Painting, n.: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather, and exposing them to the critic.
The slightest acquaintance with history shows that powerful republics are the most warlike and unscrupulous of nations.
Meekness: Uncommon patience in planning a revenge that is worth while.
Dawn: When men of reason go to bed.
Revolution, n. In politics, an abrupt change in the form of misgovernment.
Even the laws of justice themselves cannot subsist without mixture of injustice.
Mayonnaise: One of the sauces which serve the French in place of a state religion.
Acquaintance: "A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to. A degree of friendship called slight when its object is poor or obscure, and intimate when he is rich or famous.
Coward: One who, in a perilous emergency, thinks with his legs.
April fool, n. The March fool with another month added to his folly.
Religions are conclusions for which the facts of nature supply no major premises.
Abstainer: a weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure.
Eulogy. Praise of a person who has either the advantages of wealth and power, or the consideration to be dead.
To seek a justification for a decision already made.