AMBROSE
BIERCE
24 Jun 1842 - 11 Jan 1914?
American
author, satirist, and journalist, most famous for his biting
sarcasm. His most famous work, The
Devil's Dictionary, was published in 1911. It is
a collection of sardonic aphorisms and epigrams from his column
The Prattler (San Francisco Examiner), written
between 1887 and 1906. Bierce preferred this title to the
original The Cynic's Word Book, which was compiled
in 1906.
The approximate date of Bierce's death is unknown, since at
the age of 71 he crossed into Mexico (then in the midst of
a revolution) and became an observer for Pancho Villa's army.
It is suspected Bierce may have perished in the Battle of
Ojinaga, though to this day his disappearance remains a mystery. |
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QUOTES
BY AMBROSE BIERCE
Key: "Quote" [relevant subjects] | [source issue] | original
source
"Speak when you are angry and you will make the best
speech you will ever regret."
[Anger,
Speech & Speaking]
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"Acquaintance, n. A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to. A degree of friendship called slight when its object is poor or obscure, and intimate when he is rich or famous."
[Curmudgeonly, Friendship] | [QoM] | The Devil's Dictionary |
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