Quotations from Ambrose Bierce, 1842-c.1914
- Cynic, n. a blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be.
The Devil's Dictionary [1906]
- Edible, adj. good to eat, and wholesome to digest, as a worm to a toad, a toad to a snake, a snake to a pig, a pig to a man, and a man to a worm.1
The Devil's Dictionary [1906]
- Marriage, n. a community consisting of a master, a mistress, and two slaves, making in all, two.
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- Saint, n. a dead sinner revised and edited.
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