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
Saint: A dead sinner revised and edited.
What is a democrat? One who believes that the republicans have ruined the country. What is a republican? One who believes that the democrats would ruin the country.
Cynic, n: a blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be.
Doubt, indulged and cherished, is in danger of becoming denial; but if honest, and bent on thorough investigation, it may soon lead to full establishment of the truth.
Academe, n.: An ancient school where morality and philosophy were taught. Academy, n.: A modern school where football is taught.
An egotist is a person of low taste - more interested in himself than in me.
Friendless. Having no favors to bestow. Destitute of fortune. Addicted to utterance of truth and common sense.
Sabbath - a weekly festival having its origin in the fact that God made the world in six days and was arrested on the seventh.
Faith: Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge, of things without parallel.
Present, n. That part of eternity dividing the domain of disappointment from the realm of hope.
Anoint, v.: To grease a king or other great functionary already sufficiently slippery.
Forgetfulness - a gift of God bestowed upon debtors in compensation for their destitution of conscience.
When you doubt, abstain.
Who never doubted, never half believed. Where doubt is, there truth is - it is her shadow.