Creative Quotations from . . .
Ambrose Bierce
(1842-1914) born on Jun 24
US "journalist, short-story writer". "He was a noted wit, satirist and sardonic short story writer who disappeared while covering the Mexican revolution."
 
   
F
BEAUTY, n. That power by which a woman charms a lover and terrifies a husband."

R
"BRAIN, n. An apparatus with which we think what we think. That which distinguishes the man who is content to "be" something from the man who wishes to "do" something. A man of great wealth, or one who has been pitchforked into high station, has commonly"
A
"BLANK-VERSE, n. Unrhymed iambic pentameters -- the most difficult kind of English verse to write acceptably; a kind, therefore, much affected by those who cannot acceptably write any kind."
N
"CANNON, n. An instrument employed in the rectification of national boundaries."
K
"BIGOT, n. One who is obstinately and zealously attached to an opinion that you do not entertain."


Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F: "The Devil's Dictionary, 1911."
R: "The Devil's Dictionary, 1911."
A: "The Devil's Dictionary, 1911."
N: "The Devil's Dictionary, 1911."
K: "The Devil's Dictionary, 1911."



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