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Ambrose Bierce

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The slightest acquaintance with history shows that powerful republics are the most warlike and unscrupulous of nations.


— Ambrose Bierce


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There are four kinds of Homicide: felonious, excusable, justifiable, and praiseworthy.


— Ambrose Bierce


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Cynic, n: a blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be.


— Ambrose Bierce


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Revolution, n. In politics, an abrupt change in the form of misgovernment.


— Ambrose Bierce


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Egotism, n: Doing the New York Times crossword puzzle with a pen.


— Ambrose Bierce


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Fidelity - a virtue peculiar to those who are about to be betrayed.


— Ambrose Bierce


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When you doubt, abstain.


— Ambrose Bierce


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An egotist is a person of low taste - more interested in himself than in me.


— Ambrose Bierce


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Belladonna, n.: In Italian a beautiful lady; in English a deadly poison. A striking example of the essential identity of the two tongues.


— Ambrose Bierce


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Patience, n. A minor form of dispair, disguised as a virtue.


— Ambrose Bierce


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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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