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
UGLINESS, n. A gift of the gods to certain women, entailing virtue without humility."

R
"UNDERSTANDING, n. A cerebral secretion that enables one having it to know a house from a horse by the roof on the house. Its nature and laws have been exhaustively expounded by Locke, who rode a house, and Kant, who lived in a horse."
A
"SORCERY, n. The ancient prototype and forerunner of political influence. It was, however, deemed less respectable and sometimes was punished by torture and death."
N
"TWICE, adv. Once too often."
K
"SUCCESS, n. The one unpardonable sin against one's fellows."
 
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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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