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
Quotation, n: The act of repeating erroneously the words of another.
Divorce: a resumption of diplomatic relations and rectification of boundaries.
A wedding is a ceremony at which two persons undertake to become one, one undertakes to become nothing, and nothing undertakes to become supportable.
REASON, n. Propensitate of prejudice.
IMAGINATION, n. A warehouse of facts, with poet and liar in joint ownership.
Ocean: A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man - who has no gills.
Perseverance - a lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves an inglorious success.
Litigation: A machine which you go into as a pig and come out of as a sausage.
CLOCK, n. A machine of great moral value to man, allaying his concern for the future by reminding him what a lot of time remains to him.
Beauty, n: the power by which a woman charms a lover and terrifies a husband.
Egotism, n: Doing the New York Times crossword puzzle with a pen.
Debt, n. An ingenious substitute for the chain and whip of the slavedriver.
Telephone, n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distance.
DISCRIMINATE, v.i. To note the particulars in which one person or thing is, if possible, more objectionable than another.