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
RUSSIAN, n. A person with a Caucasian body and a Mongolian soul. A Tartar Emetic."

R
"SPOOKER, n. A writer whose imagination concerns itself with supernatural phenomena, especially in the doings of spooks."
A
"RESPECTABILITY, n. The offspring of a "liaison" between a bald head and a bank account."
N
"SABBATH, n. A weekly festival having its origin in the fact that God made the world in six days and was arrested on the seventh."
K
"RUIN, v. To destroy. Specifically, to destroy a maid's belief in the virtue of maids."


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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