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
Ambrose Bierce quotes about
Work: a dangerous disorder affecting high public functionaries who want to go fishing.
Quotation, n: The act of repeating erroneously the words of another.
Prescription: A physician's guess at what will best prolong the situation with least harm to the patient.
VITUPERATION, n. Saite, as understood by dunces and all such as suffer from an impediment in their wit.
ZIGZAG, v.t. To move forward uncertainly, from side to side, as one carrying the white man's burden.
Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo.
The furrier gets the skins of more foxes than asses.
One who, professing virtues that he does not respect, secures the advantage of seeming to be what he despises.
Saint: A dead sinner revised and edited.
Before undergoing a surgical operation, arrange your temporal affairs. You may live.
Habit: A shackle for the free.
To be positive is to be mistaken at the top of one's voice.
Brain, v. [as in "to brain"]: To rebuke bluntly, but not pointedly; to dispel a source of error in an opponent.
adore, v.t. To venerate expectantly.