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American editorialist, journalist, short story writer, fabu… 1842–1914Related quotes
“TRUTHFUL, adj. Dumb and illiterate.”
Ambrose Bierce (1842–1914) American editorialist, journalist, short story writer, fabulist, and satirist
Source: The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary
“Defenceless, adj. Unable to attack.”
Ambrose Bierce book The Devil's Dictionary
The Devil's Dictionary (1911)
“Positive, adj. Mistaken at the top of one's voice.”
Ambrose Bierce (1842–1914) American editorialist, journalist, short story writer, fabulist, and satirist
The Devil's Dictionary (1911)
Source: The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary
“Selfish, adj. Devoid of consideration for the selfishness of others.”
Ambrose Bierce (1842–1914) American editorialist, journalist, short story writer, fabulist, and satirist
The Devil's Dictionary (1911)
Source: The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary
“Un-American, adj. Wicked, intolerable, heathenish.”
Ambrose Bierce book The Devil's Dictionary
The Devil's Dictionary (1911)
“Self-evident, adj. Evident to one's self and to nobody else.”
Ambrose Bierce book The Devil's Dictionary
Source: The Devil's Dictionary
“Callous, adj. Gifted with great fortitude to bear the evils afflicting another.”
Ambrose Bierce book The Devil's Dictionary
The Devil's Dictionary (1911)