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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 body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man, who has no gills.
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  • Dog. A kind of additional or subsidiary Deity designed to catch the overflow and surplus of the world's worship.
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  • Heaven lies about us in our infancy and the world begins lying about us pretty soon afterward.
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  • Irreligion. The principal one of the great faiths of the world.
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  • Sabbath - a weekly festival having its origin in the fact that God made the world in six days and was arrested on the seventh.
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  • The ocean is a body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man - who has no gills.
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  • The world has suffered more from the ravages of ill-advised marriages than from virginity.
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What are the most famous quotes from Ambrose Bierce?

The two most famous quotes from Ambrose Bierce are:

  • "A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man, who has no gills."
  • "Dog. A kind of additional or subsidiary Deity designed to catch the overflow and surplus of the world's worship."

When did Ambrose Bierce live?

Ambrose Bierce was born in 1842 and died in the year 1914.