About Ambrose Bierce
Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce (June 24, 1842 – c. 1914) was an American author, journalist, and poet. A prolific and versatile writer, Bierce was regarded as one of the most influential journalists in the United States and as a pioneering writer of realist fiction. For his horror writing, Michael Dirda ranked...
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Photograph: a picture painted by the sun without instruction in art.
Debt, n. An ingenious substitute for the chain and whip of the slave driver.
Barometer, n.: An ingenious instrument which indicates what kind of weather we are having.
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Ocean: A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man - who has no gills.