Source: The Shadow on the Dial: And Other Essays
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Famous Ambrose Bierce Quotes
Source: The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World
“Religion. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable.”
Source: The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary
“To apologize is to lay the foundation for a future offense.”
Source: The Collected Works
Source: The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World
Source: The Devil's Dictionaries: The Best of the Devil's Dictionary and the American Heretic's Dictionary
“Who never doubted, never half believed. Where doubt is, there truth is - it is her shadow.”
“Wit - the salt with which the American humorist spoils his intellectual cookery by leaving it out.”
Source: The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary
“Bigot: One who is obstinately and zealously attached to an opinion that you do not entertain.”
Source: The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World
“Duty - that which sternly impels us in the direction of profit, along the line of desire.”
Source: The Devil's Dictionary: Easyread Large Bold Edition
“Abscond - to move in a mysterious way, commonly with the property of another.”
Source: Ambrose Bierce: The Devil's Dictionary, Tales, and Memoirs: The Devil's Dictionary, Tales, and Memoirs
“Experience is a revelation in the light of which we renounce our errors of youth for those of age.”
Source: The Collected Works
Source: The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World
Source: The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World
Source: The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary
Source: The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary
Source: A Much Misunderstood Man: Selected Letters of Ambrose Bierce
“NOVEL, n. A short story padded.”
Source: The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Ambrose Bierce (Illustrated)
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Ambrose Bierce (Illustrated)
Source: The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World