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
Painting: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather and exposing them to the critic.
Acquaintance, n.: A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to.
Spring beckons! All things to the call respond; the trees are leaving and cashiers abscond.
Admiration, n.: Our polite recognition of another's resemblance to ourselves.
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Most advances in science come when a person for one reason or another is forced to change fields.
For most folks, no news is good news; for the press, good news is not news.
I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones.
The more original a discovery, the more obvious it seems afterwards.
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