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    Ambrose Bierce

    Read through the most famous quotes from Ambrose Bierce




    Present, n. That part of eternity dividing the domain of disappointment from the realm of hope. ↗


    — Ambrose Bierce

    #dividing #domain #eternity #hope #part

    Vote: the instrument and symbol of a freeman's power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his country. ↗


    — Ambrose Bierce

    #country #fool #freeman #himself #his

    Death is not the end. There remains the litigation over the estate. ↗


    — Ambrose Bierce

    #end #estate #litigation #over #remains

    Forgetfulness - a gift of God bestowed upon debtors in compensation for their destitution of conscience. ↗


    — Ambrose Bierce

    #compensation #conscience #debtors #forgetfulness #gift

    Happiness: an agreeable sensation arising from contemplating the misery of another. ↗


    — Ambrose Bierce

    #agreeable #another #arising #contemplating #misery

    Politeness, n: The most acceptable hypocrisy. ↗


    — Ambrose Bierce

    #hypocrisy #most #politeness

    Pray: To ask the laws of the universe to be annulled on behalf of a single petitioner confessedly unworthy. ↗


    — Ambrose Bierce

    #behalf #laws #petitioner #pray #single

    Debt, n. An ingenious substitute for the chain and whip of the slavedriver. ↗


    — Ambrose Bierce

    #debt #ingenious #substitute #whip

    Divorce: a resumption of diplomatic relations and rectification of boundaries. ↗


    — Ambrose Bierce

    #diplomatic #diplomatic relations #divorce #relations #resumption

    Ocean: A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man - who has no gills. ↗


    — Ambrose Bierce

    #about #body #gills #made #man






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    Did you know about Ambrose Bierce?

    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". His style often embraces an abrupt beginning dark imagery vague. Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce (born June 24 1842; assumed to have died sometime after December 26 1913) was an American editorialist journalist short story writer fabulist and satirist.

    Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce (born June 24 1842; assumed to have died sometime after December 26 1913) was an American editorialist journalist short story writer fabulist and satirist. Despite his reputation as a searing critic Bierce was known to encourage younger writers including poet George Sterling and fiction writer W. Bierce employed a distinctive style of writing especially in his stories.

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