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
YEAR, n. A period of three hundred and sixty-five disappointments."

R
"WIT, n. The salt with which the American humorist spoils his intellectual cookery by leaving it out."
A
"TRICHINOSIS, n. The pig's reply to proponents of porcophagy."
N
"WHANGDEPOOTENAWAH, n. In the Ojibwa tongue, disaster; an unexpected affliction that strikes hard."
K
"VANITY, n. The tribute of a fool to the worth of the nearest ass."


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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