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Ambrose Bierce

Ambrose Bierce

American writer

Lived from: 1842 - 1914

Category: Writers (Contemporary) Country: FlagUnited States

Born: 24 june 1842 Died: 1 january 1914

  • Acquaintance. A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to.
  • In each human heart are a tiger, a pig, an ass and a nightingale. Diversity of character is due to their unequal activity.
  • Clairvoyant, n.: A person, commonly a woman, who has the power of seeing that which is invisible to her patron - namely, that he is a blockhead.

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  • A person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks of his enemies and bear arms agains himself. He makes his failure certain by himself being the first person to be convinced of it.
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  • Ambition. An overmastering desire to be vilified by enemies while living and made ridiculous by friends when dead.
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  • Ambition: An overmastering desire to be vilified by enemies while living and made ridiculous by friends when dead.
    The Devil's Dictionary (1911)
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  • When you are ill make haste to forgive your enemies, for you may recover.
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