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
The only distinction that democracies reward is a high degree of conformity.
Happiness is lost by criticizing it; sorrow by accepting it.
He who thinks with difficulty believes with alacrity. A fool is a natural proselyte, but he must be caught young, for his convictions, unlike those of the wise, harden with age.
For every man there is something in the vocabulary that would stick to him like a second skin. His enemies have only to find it.
Age, with his eyes in the back of his head, thinks it wisdom to see the bogs through which he has floundered.
Patience, n. A minor form of dispair, disguised as a virtue.
LEGACY, n. A gift from one who is legging it out of this vale of tears.
Optimism - the doctrine or belief that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly.
REASON, n. Propensitate of prejudice.
Perseverance - a lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves an inglorious success.
UNIVERSALIST, n. One who forgoes the advantage of a Hell for persons of another faith.
Marriage, n: the state or condition of a community consisting of a master, a mistress, and two slaves, making in all, two.
Quotation, n: The act of repeating erroneously the words of another.
DISCRIMINATE, v.i. To note the particulars in which one person or thing is, if possible, more objectionable than another.