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...
More quotations from Ambrose Bierce
Admiration, n.: Our polite recognition of another's resemblance to ourselves.
Absurdity, n.: A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one's own opinion.
Ocean: A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man—who has no gills.
Photograph: a picture painted by the sun without instruction in art.
More quotations tagged with “trees”
If you cut down a forest, it doesn't matter how many sawmills you have if there are no more trees.
The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world's joy.
I like trees because they seem more resigned to the way they have to live than other things do.
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