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RaspiArduino: Saint: A dead sinner revised and edited.
-- Ambrose Bierce
zendao42: TELEPHONE. -n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distance.
Ambrose Bierce was correct a century ago & continues to right in the present day
brett_jordan: Bore: A person who talks
when you want them to listen.
— Ambrose Bierce
_ytricia: The best thing to do with the best things in life is to give them up.
-Ambrose Bierce
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_ytricia: Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.
-Ambrose Bierce
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YakaShinobi: Adapted from The Devil's Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce (1911)
*Not EU approved.
_ytricia: Experience - the wisdom that enables us to recognise in an undesirable old acquaintance the folly that we have already embraced.
-Ambrose Bierce
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YakaShinobi: Adapted from The Devil's Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce (1911)
*Not EU approved.
AIRLENS_DE: “Photograph: a picture painted by the sun without instruction in art.” - Ambrose Bierce
howrawhowrue: Also Ambrose Bierce did “An Incident at Owl Creek” better.
Claudiakfauzi: Future. That period of time in which our affairs prosper, our friends are true and our happiness is assured. Ambrose Bierce
Ambrose__Bierce: If you ask me, there’s simply no option:
Sherlock Holmes ? Should have been home builder
Christopher Plummer? Should have been plumber
Emma Stone? Stone mason
Brie Larson- cheese maker
Stop me if I’m wrong?!
WaltBroughSteve: Shiloh. Monuments to regiments from Ohio record names of commanders including James Garfield (later president) and Lew Wallace, who would write Ben Hur. Another writer on the field those two days — Ambrose Bierce, who wrote Incident at Owl Creek Bridge (Think Twilight Zone.)
DedicatioQuotes: Justice, n. A commodity which in a more or less adulterated condition the State sells to the citizen as a reward for his allegiance, taxes and personal service. ~ Ambrose Bierce
sobattropis: 2. An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by ambrose bierce
MrMcHalee: “Love: a temporary insanity, curable by marriage.” – Ambrose Bierce
BJChippindale: "With all due respect to an enlightened but inferior lexicographer I beg to submit that it is the first."
- Ambrose Bierce
wplucey: Some Definitions Reconsidered
1.) Self-esteem, n. ``An erroneous assessment.''
2.) Year, n. ``A period of 365 disappointments''
3.) [One Sentence Book Review;] ``The covers of this book are too far apart.''
Source: The Devil's Dictionary, Ambrose Bierce
DonPJenn: "The covers of this book are too far apart."
Ambrose Bierce book review.
ArchieG1946: “OBSOLETE, adj. No longer used by the timid.”
Ambrose Bierce, The Devil’s Dictionary
panzergeneral88: “MAN, n. Animal so lost in ecstatic contemplation of what he thinks he is as to overlook what he indubitably ought to be.” —The Devil’s Dictionary (1881-1906). Ambrose Bierce
Ambrose__Bierce: Still Can’t believe yolo song sampled joy formidable - wild universe
2l3DnUXTnARw1OK: Absurdity. A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one's own opinion. Ambrose Bierce
ArchieG1946: “REPRESENTATIVE, n. In national politics, a member of the Lower House in this world, and without discernible hope of promotion in the next.”
Ambrose Bierce, The Devil’s Dictionary
voidfiles: "Inventor, n. A person who makes an ingenious arrangement of wheels, levers, and springs and believes it civilization."
—Ambrose Bierce, 1911
KristaM87531876: Perseverance – a lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves an inglorious success. Ambrose Bierce
WasteNotTrading: Check out Civil War Stories by Ambrose Bierce 1994 unabridged
YakaShinobi: Adapted from The Devil's Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce (1911)
*Not EU approved.
gnilwoce: “Patience, n. A minor form of despair, disguised as a virtue”
― Ambrose Bierce, The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary
Claudiakfauzi: Future. That period of time in which our affairs prosper, our friends are true and our happiness is assured. Ambrose Bierce
DriaPustaka: “The covers of this book are too far apart.”
― Ambrose Bierce
JoeyRPoole: It’s one of the most widely-anthologized and over-taught stories in American lit, but somehow I had never read Ambrose Bierce’s An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge until just now, and damn it’s a banger.
gnilwoce: “Corporation, n. An ingenious device for obtaining individual profit without individual responsibility.”
― Ambrose Bierce, The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary
welfordwrites: Brain: an apparatus with which we think we think. Ambrose Bierce
Claudiakfauzi: Future. That period of time in which our affairs prosper, our friends are true and our happiness is assured. Ambrose Bierce
Yesol_your: Love: a temporary insanity, curable by marriage.
Author: Ambrose Bierce
GSWSyndicate: Reconsider, v. To seek a justification for a decision already made. ~Ambrose Bierce
RaspiArduino: The fact that boys are allowed to exist at all is evidence of a remarkable
Christian forbearance among men.
-- Ambrose Bierce
CerebralWisdom: Idiot, n. A member of a large and powerful tribe whose influence in human affairs has always been dominant and controlling. - Ambrose Bierce
Yesol_your: Love: a temporary insanity, curable by marriage.
Author: Ambrose Bierce
GSWSyndicate: The most affectionate creature in the world is a wet dog. ~Ambrose Bierce
NataliaPardalis: “Egotist, n. A person of low taste, more interested in himself than in me.”
Ambrose Bierce,
Matteo60392017: "Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret."
-Ambrose Bierce
YakaShinobi: Adapted from The Devil's Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce (1911)
*Not EU approved.
RaspiArduino: Impartial, adj.:
Unable to perceive any promise of personal advantage from
espousing either side of a controversy or adopting either of two
conflicting opinions.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
YakaShinobi: Adapted from The Devil's Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce (1911)
*Not EU approved.
t0adst3r: "Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret" -- Ambrose Bierce
FurBie_KoFur: Bride: A woman with a fine prospect of happiness behind her.
Ambrose Bierce
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Claudiakfauzi: Future. That period of time in which our affairs prosper, our friends are true and our happiness is assured. Ambrose Bierce
Ambrose__Bierce: Still wonder about how the four bands on this one came together to be like yea lets do it
RaspiArduino: Battle, n.:
A method of untying with the teeth a political knot that
will not yield to the tongue.
-- Ambrose Bierce
englishwellbiz: Curried Cow by Ambrose Bierce
englishwellbiz: A Diagnosis of Death by Ambrose Bierce
cfmceroz1: reading my 2nd to last of the 5x Oakley Hall Ambrose Bierce books & ah shit its a Manson type one
SFFAudio: just realized there's a strong parallel between THE FAMOUS GILSON BEQUEST by Ambrose Bierce and SIN'S DOORWAY by Manly Wade Wellman
SchwartzSkyy: Perseverance – a lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves an inglorious success. Ambrose Bierce
RickLondonGreen: The most affectionate creature in the world is a wet dog. ~Ambrose Bierce
gnilwoce: “Love, n. A temporary insanity curable by marriage.”
― Ambrose Bierce
GSWSyndicate: Reconsider, v. To seek a justification for a decision already made. ~Ambrose Bierce
CerebralWisdom: Idiot, n. A member of a large and powerful tribe whose influence in human affairs has always been dominant and controlling. - Ambrose Bierce
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sabosashi: Began to read "Fancies and Goodnights"(1951) by John Collier, in a Japanese translation. Strange and poisonous stories, or something like Ambrose Bierce. At least, so original, I suppose. I love this irony.
whatupkihd: The final act of The Green Knight was just Ambrose Bierce’s ‘An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge’ but presented in the style of an A24 film.
bestdirtyquotes: "The world has suffered more from the ravages of ill-advised marriages than from virginity."
-Ambrose Bierce
YakaShinobi: Adapted from The Devil's Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce (1911)
*Not EU approved.
RaspiArduino: clairvoyant, n.:
A person, commonly a woman, who has the power of seeing that
which is invisible to her patron -- namely, that he is a blockhead.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
Claudiakfauzi: Future. That period of time in which our affairs prosper, our friends are true and our happiness is assured. Ambrose Bierce
Matteo60392017: "Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret."
-Ambrose Bierce
weatherStorey: birth, n:
The first and direst of all disasters.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
WizardBot666: Brotherhood controlled Trojan War Victories, Hera offered him of THE EPISTLE TO AMBROSE BIERCE? HARVEY OSWALD? If you ignore
RaspiArduino: Positive, adj.:
Mistaken at the top of one's voice.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
Claudiakfauzi: Future. That period of time in which our affairs prosper, our friends are true and our happiness is assured. Ambrose Bierce
fluencymark: “He was the tenth of thirteen children, all of whom were given names by their father beginning with the letter ‘A’: in order of birth, the Bierce siblings were Abigail, Amelia, Ann, Addison, Aurelius, Augustus, Almeda, Andrew, Albert, Ambrose, Arthur, Adelia, and Aurelia.”
fone41: The Devil’s Dictionary (12) - Ambrose Bierce on pessimism, philosophy, physicians and cutting-edge technology
RickLondonGreen: Reconsider, v. To seek a justification for a decision already made. ~Ambrose Bierce
RamonSomoza1: The covers of this book are too far apart. Ambrose Bierce
InlibroV: "We must stop chasing dollars, stop lying, stop cheating, stop ignoring art, literature, and all the refining agencies and instrumentalities of civilization."
~ Ambrose Bierce
"The Game of Politics"
myorangespines: “MA!!! MA, GIVE ME A SMOKE!” Is what our neighbour has been yelling for the past five minutes.
mkimdorman: The Life & Various Deaths of Ambrose Bierce - Full Movie
DriaPustaka: “The covers of this book are too far apart.”
― Ambrose Bierce
Gail_friendzzz: “Coward: One who, in a perilous emergency, thinks with his legs.”
— Ambrose Bierce
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rgtrendsetter: Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo. -Ambrose Bierce
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RickLondonGreen: The most affectionate creature in the world is a wet dog. ~Ambrose Bierce
YakaShinobi: Adapted from The Devil's Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce (1911)*
*Not EU approved.
WizardBot666: OF HAPPENING TO AMBROSE BIERCE? HARVEY OSWALD? If he has no human discoveries: Nature's Harmonic 4 corner family Cube. All
AJKocman: Just wrote an article and was able to quote both Ambrose Bierce and Lewis, so I’m taking the W.
Hootsbudy: OCEAN, n. A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man—who has no gills.
~ Ambrose Bierce
icanseeusdying_: Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.
Ambrose Bierce
NLArcade: Things I know about Ohio:
- Neat flag
- WKRP
- Produced Screamin Jay Hawkins, Bootsy Collins, Ambrose Bierce, & Ted Levine
- Amazing art museum
- They need some friggin trains!
Claudiakfauzi: Future. That period of time in which our affairs prosper, our friends are true and our happiness is assured. Ambrose Bierce
Ambrose__Bierce: Sometimes I love to make little cheddar broccoli bites
Ambrose__Bierce: CanPost: your item has been delivered :)
Me: oh, I didn’t receive it
CP: we can’t tell you WHO sent it or WHERE it was addressed, but it has been delivered. :)
Me:...
CP: anything else I can help you with?
Me: yes, uhh, what the HELL are you talking about and where did it go!?!!
GSWSyndicate: Reconsider, v. To seek a justification for a decision already made. ~Ambrose Bierce
AltaJournal: Here's Gray's account of Bierce's life and how his final moments may have transpired:
AltaJournal: Check out Gray's hunt for the missing body and prepare your questions! We'll be live at 12:30pm PT to answer them!
zidrees560: "Things do not change, we change."
-Ambrose Bierce
Engrmubee: Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret. - Ambrose Bierce
Ambrose__Bierce: Me : “tonight**, I’ll be scanning docs while wearin’ crocs^^!!!”
**will probably have to wait until tomorrow
^^i will not be wearin crocs
••3 beers deep!
ewstoryoftheday: An Inhabitant Of Carcosa by Ambrose Bierce - A man wakes from thought and realises he is wandering on an unfamili ...
philosophytweet: Marriage, n: the state or condition of a community consisting of a master, a mistress, and two slaves, making in all, two.
Ambrose Bierce
