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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

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  • When you are ill make haste to forgive your enemies, for you may recover.
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  • Wit. The salt with which the American humorist spoils his intellectual cookery by leaving it out.
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  • Witticism. A sharp and clever remark, usually quoted and seldom noted; what the Philistine is pleased to call a ''joke.''
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  • Woman absent is woman dead.
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  • Woman would be more charming if one could fall into her arms without falling into her hands.
    Epigrams
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  • Year. A period of three hundred and sixty-five disappointments.
    The Devil's Dictionary (1911)
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  • An egotist is a person of low taste - more interested in himself than in me.
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  • Laughter - An interior convulsion, producing a distortion of the features and accompanied by inarticulate noises. It is infectious and, though intermittent, incurable.
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  • Laughter: An interior convulsion, producing a distortion of the features and accompanied by inarticulate noises. It is infectious and, though intermittent, incurable.
    The Devil's Dictionary (1911)
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  • Meekness: Uncommon patience in planning a revenge that is worth while.
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  • Patience. A minor form of despair disguised as a virtue.
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  • Prescription: A physician's guess at what will best prolong the situation with least harm to the patient.
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