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rinnannon: not me having to seat through an episode of "well, actually" for myself because I see that once again that Carcosa is contributed to various authors, like Lovecraft, Bradley, Chambers...
...and I'm like. Ambrose Bierce did not write Inhabitant of Carcosa for this.
RamonSomoza1: The covers of this book are too far apart. Ambrose Bierce
normalgood1: Teachers in 2021: “Please, please do not use this screen to look at human flesh. Why not instead, follow along with me as I read aloud from ‘An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge,’ by Ambrose Bierce? Honor system here, but please assure me that you’re looking at words, not skin, ok?”
KellyAl21775951: Perseverance – a lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves an inglorious success. Ambrose Bierce
Claudiakfauzi: Future. That period of time in which our affairs prosper, our friends are true and our happiness is assured. Ambrose Bierce
Claudiakfauzi: Future. That period of time in which our affairs prosper, our friends are true and our happiness is assured. Ambrose Bierce
YakaShinobi: Adapted from The Devil's Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce (1911)
*Not EU approved.
_inspirationbot: Marriage, n: the state or condition of a community consisting of a master, a mistress, and two slaves, making in all, two. - Ambrose Bierce
AsaYounts: If the satirist who does not accept the remarkable doctrine that while condemning the sin he should spare the sinner were bound to let the life of his work be coterminous with that of his subject his were a lot of peculiar hardship.
Ambrose Bierce
BLACK BEETLES IN AMBER
1892
RickLondonGreen: Reconsider, v. To seek a justification for a decision already made. ~Ambrose Bierce
JohnCarenen: From The Devil’s Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce: “Coward, n. One who in a perilous emergency thinks with his legs."
bmorro44: "A specialist who knows everything about something and nothing about anything else."-Ambrose Bierce's definition of a connoisseur
Ambrose__Bierce: My wife: “don’t avoid the question !”
Me: “I am not a void…?”
She doesn’t like that , doesn’t laugh at it even????
welfordwrites: Doubt is the father of invention. Ambrose Bierce
BestQuote85: Beauty, n: the power by which a woman charms a lover and terrifies a husband.
-Ambrose Bierce
-Beauty
Ambrose__Bierce: Sometimes my kid does that t he most irritating sh*t like screaming into this little looping audio recording toy and then I stop and realize I’ve paid good money to watch/listen to exactly that
WizardBot666: AMBROSE BIERCE? HARVEY OSWALD? If ignorant of "Bob;" indeed, con- crete evidence would ever SECRETLY WONDERED WHY do you
angeljosegarci1: Perseverance – a lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves an inglorious success. Ambrose Bierce
GRACEcom_: CONVENT, n. A place of retirement for woman who wish for leisure to meditate upon the vice of idleness. - Ambrose Bierce
Claudiakfauzi: Future. That period of time in which our affairs prosper, our friends are true and our happiness is assured. Ambrose Bierce
YakaShinobi: Adapted from The Devil's Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce (1911)
*Not EU approved.
YakaShinobi: Adapted from The Devil's Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce (1911)
*Not EU approved.
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
beyourhome: Bride: A woman with a fine prospect of happiness behind her. - Ambrose Bierce
GSWSyndicate: The most affectionate creature in the world is a wet dog. ~Ambrose Bierce
Justin18408830: "It has been observed that one's nose is never so happy as when thrust into the affairs of another, from which some physiologists have drawn the inference that the nose is devoid of the sense of smell." - Ambrose Bierce
dawnblog: ambrose bierce had too much swag for 19th century america
lwqpas: “ALONE, adj. In bad company.”
― Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary
UnixFortuneBot: birth, n: The first and direst of all disasters. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
sempereadum: “Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.”
~ Ambrose Bierce
Claudiakfauzi: Future. That period of time in which our affairs prosper, our friends are true and our happiness is assured. 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
Adam_Cadmon1: Short Stories: Haita The Shepherd by Ambrose Bierce
GSWSyndicate: Reconsider, v. To seek a justification for a decision already made. ~Ambrose Bierce
xamexavu: Hatred, n.: A sentiment appropriate to the occasion of another's superiority.
― 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
bottune: Adore, v.: To venerate expectantly. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
efnmonster: Gotta read some more Ambrose Bierce soon.
YakaShinobi: Adapted from The Devil's Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce (1911)
*Not EU approved.
gaashuOfficial: Love-A temporary insanity curable by marriage.
~ Ambrose Bierce
Ambrose__Bierce: I love when my wife is heading out the door and I’ll say two rapid fire contradictory questions like “are you going straight there afterwards?” & “will you come back beforehand?” And she’ll just shout “no” over her shoulder and then the door slams and I’m left confused and alone
RaspiArduino: Prejudice:
A vagrant opinion without visible means of support.
-- Ambrose Bierce
GSWSyndicate: Reconsider, v. To seek a justification for a decision already made. ~Ambrose Bierce
trine777: Revolution [noun]. In politics, an abrupt change in the form of mis-government.
~~ Ambrose Bierce
ChainlessTruth: "Idiot, n. A member of a large and powerful tribe whose influence in human affairs has always been dominant and controlling."
- Ambrose Bierce
RickLondonGreen: The most affectionate creature in the world is a wet dog. ~Ambrose Bierce
RaspiArduino: Don't steal; thou'lt never thus compete successfully in business. Cheat.
-- Ambrose Bierce
Yesol_your: Love: a temporary insanity, curable by marriage.
Author: Ambrose Bierce
JeffFor83393959: History: “An account mostly false, of events mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers mostly knaves, and soldiers mostly fools.” - Ambrose Bierce
DriaPustaka: “The covers of this book are too far apart.”
― Ambrose Bierce
Xanthippe: Ambrose Bierce 'The New Decalogue'. Excerpt:
To steal were folly, for 'tis plain
In cheating there is greater gain.
Best not false witness. Shake your head
And say that you have "heard it said".
Hubris. Pure hubris.
Ambrose__Bierce: Want to start an emo twinkle math band called .spring last semester.
Ambrose__Bierce: Want to start a tough guy straight edge hardcore band called xFAIR WARNINGx
tcboyle: Ambrose Bierce. From “The Devil’s Dictionary”: Fork, n. An instrument used chiefly for the purpose of putting dead animals in the mouth.
DriaPustaka: “The covers of this book are too far apart.”
― Ambrose Bierce
RickLondonGreen: The most affectionate creature in the world is a wet dog. ~Ambrose Bierce
2l3DnUXTnARw1OK: Absurdity. A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one's own opinion. Ambrose Bierce
CollectedQuotes: Mankind... infests the whole habitable Earth and Canada. -- Ambrose Bierce
Claudiakfauzi: Future. That period of time in which our affairs prosper, our friends are true and our happiness is assured. Ambrose Bierce
Claudiakfauzi: Future. That period of time in which our affairs prosper, our friends are true and our happiness is assured. Ambrose Bierce
UKGSFestival: Ghost Story of the Day - A Wireless Message by Ambrose Bierce...
abhicantdraw: “Present – that part of eternity dividing the domain of disappointment from the realm of hope. AMBROSE BIERCE.”
YakaShinobi: Adapted from The Devil's Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce (1911)
*Not EU approved.
intellectualTO: In The Devil’s Dictionary, the writer Ambrose Bierce offered this definition of History: “An account mostly false, of events mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers mostly knaves, and soldiers mostly fools.”
AFinalBoy: THEATRE MACABRE is a '71 TV anthology that dubbed Polish adaptations of classic Gothic and horror stories into English. Christopher Lee served as the host. "THE BOARDED WINDOW" (OKNO ZABITE DESKAMI) is based on Ambrose Bierce's story, and it's an intimate, psychological drama.
Ambrose__Bierce: This dude on this teams meeting looks like Dave Kennedy from box car damn - what’s up Dave !!!!
borgesbot1: It is true that I was an "annotated Borges," Ambrose Bierce.
Claudiakfauzi: Future. That period of time in which our affairs prosper, our friends are true and our happiness is assured. Ambrose Bierce
Ambrose__Bierce: Feel like playing hockey and eating pocky what’s good kings ?
k_geraldine27: Marked as to-read: The Damned Thing by Ambrose Bierce
eliseOLeahy1: Academe, n.: An ancient school where morality and philosophy were taught. Academy, n.: A modern school where football is taught.
~Ambrose Bierce~
Ambrose__Bierce: Was never huge nirvana or Foo fighters guy but the Dave grohl book has me smiling pretty often! Still
Claudiakfauzi: Future. That period of time in which our affairs prosper, our friends are true and our happiness is assured. Ambrose Bierce
gothficbot: Death is a dignitary who when he comes announced is to be received with formal manifestations of respect, even by those most familiar with him.
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge, Ambrose Bierce
creativeblocker: Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret. (Ambrose Bierce)
CerebralWisdom: The gambling known as business looks with austere disfavor upon the business known as gambling. - Ambrose Bierce
MohitNagar508: “Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.”
— Ambrose Bierce
PRATIK RULING HEARTS
MohitNagar508: “Patience, A minor form of despair disguised as a virtue.”
— Ambrose Bierce
PRATIK RULING HEARTS
MohitNagar508: “Meekness: Uncommon patience in planning a revenge that is worth while.”
— Ambrose Bierce
PRATIK RULING HEARTS
YakaShinobi: Adapted from The Devil's Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce (1911)
*Not EU approved.
aphorismsgalore: Ambrose Bierce: Prescription: A physician's guess at what will best prolong the situation with least harm to the patient.
MohitNagar508: “Acquaintance, n.: A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to.”
— Ambrose Bierce
PRATIK RULING HEARTS
WackyBeardman2: Photograph: a picture painted by the sun without instruction in art.
– Ambrose Bierce
cfmceroz1: Innocence
def.
Ambrose Bierce
(Oakley Hall)
carfanel: Deliverance of Sinners: Ambrose Bierce Lives!
ChainlessTruth: "Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage."
- Ambrose Bierce
welfordwrites: Brain: an apparatus with which we think we think. Ambrose Bierce
thecentsofmoney: "Death is not the end. There remains the litigation over the estate."
Ambrose Bierce
Have You Created An Estate Plan?
Most of us want to avoid litigation, especially over an estate. Having a plan helps you do that.
MikeDunnAuthor: “Lawsuit: A machine which you go into as a pig and come out of as a sausage.”
—Ambrose Bierce
CDNnow: What Gibbon Got Wrong in ‘The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire’: by Lawrence W. Reed - In The Devil’s Dictionary, the writer Ambrose Bierce offered this definition of History: “An account mostly false, of events mostly unimportant,…
InlibroV: "All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusion is called a philosopher."
Ambrose Bierce
Epigrams
GSWSyndicate: The most affectionate creature in the world is a wet dog. ~Ambrose Bierce
QuotesFamous3: [death] Death is not the end. There remains the litigation over the estate. - Ambrose Bierce
Claudiakfauzi: Future. That period of time in which our affairs prosper, our friends are true and our happiness is assured. Ambrose Bierce
VendettiAudio: Sometimes I buy my audiobooks, and I bought this one. I just finished listening to An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce.
No wonder this became a favorite episode on Rod Serling's Twilight Zone. Bierc's prose is so vivid I felt like I
DedicatioQuotes: Corporation, n. An ingenious device for obtaining individual profit without individual responsibility. ~ Ambrose Bierce
DriaPustaka: “The covers of this book are too far apart.”
― Ambrose Bierce
