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
To apologize is to lay the foundation for a future offense.
Impartial - unable to perceive any promise of personal advantage from espousing either side of a controversy.
Sabbath - a weekly festival having its origin in the fact that God made the world in six days and was arrested on the seventh.
Creditor. One of a tribe of savages dwelling beyond the Financial Straits and dreaded for their desolating incursions.
Bigot: One who is obstinately and zealously attached to an opinion that you do not entertain.
Duty - that which sternly impels us in the direction of profit, along the line of desire.
NOVEL, n. A short story padded...
Dog - a kind of additional or subsidiary Deity designed to catch the overflow and surplus of the world's worship.
Prescription: A physician's guess at what will best prolong the situation with least harm to the patient.
The small part of ignorance that we arrange and classify we give the name of knowledge.
Lawsuit: A machine which you go into as a pig and come out of as a sausage.
Egotist: a person more interested in himself than in me.
Positive, adj.: Mistaken at the top of one's voice.
Edible - good to eat and wholesome to digest, as a worm to a toad, a toad to a snake, a snake to a pig, a pig to a man, and a man to a worm.