'You acted unwisely,' I cried, 'as you see
By the outcome.' He calmly eyed me:
'When choosing the course of my action,' said he,
'I had not the outcome to guide me.'

(C) Ambrose Bierce
03/06/2017


Best Poems of Ambrose Bierce

• J.f.b.
• Rebuke
• Rimer
• Elegy
• Thersites
• Polyphemus
• Piety
• Slander
• On Stone
• Indicted
• Peace
• An Actor
• A Man
• A Bubble
• A Spade
• The Legatee
• To Maude
• T.a.h.
• The Woful Tale Of Mr. Peters
• An Alibi