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Defining Ambrose Bierce

Authors & Writers Global Philosophers

Ambrose Bierce

 

BioData:

  • Born: June 24, 1842
  • Place of Birth: Meigs County, Ohio, United States
  • Died: disappeared 1913
    last seen in Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico
  • Occupation: Journalist, Writer
  • Genres: Satire
  • Literary movement: Realism

Notable work(s)

  • “The Damned Thing”,
  • “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge”,
  • The Devil’s Dictionary, “Chickamauga”

 

Defining Ambrose Bierce

 

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All are lunatics, but he who can analyse his delusion is called a philosopher.
-Ambrose Bierce

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Bride, n. A woman with a fine prospect behind her. 
~Ambrose Bierce
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Calamity n.
A more than commonly plain and unmistakable reminder that the affairs of this life are not of our own ordering.
-Ambrose Bierce

“Hammer: an instrument for smashing the human thumb.”
– Ambrose Bierce
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Happiness: An agreeable sensation arising from contemplating the misery of another.
– Ambrose Bierce

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Knowledge is the small part of ignorance that we arrange and classify.
– Ambrose Bierce
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Love: A temporary insanity curable by marriage.
~Ambrose Bierce

Lock-and-key, n. The distinguishing device of civilization and enlightenment.
– Ambrose Bierce
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Success is the one unpardonable sin against your fellows.
– Ambrose Bierce
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Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.
-Ambrose Bierce
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The world has suffered more from the ravages of ill advised marriages than from virginity.
– Ambrose Bierce

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The hardest tumble a man can make is to fall over his own bluff.
~Ambrose Bierce