Famous Ambrose Bierce Quotes
Apologize: To lay the foundation for a future offence.– Ambrose Bierce
In the presence of death reason and philosophy are silent– Ambrose Bierce
The hardest tumble a man can take is to fall over his own bluff.– Ambrose Bierce
Cynic, n. A blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are not as they ought to be.– Ambrose Bierce
Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.– Ambrose Bierce
So I say a name, even if self-bestowed, is better than a number. In the register of the potter’s field I shall soon have both. What wealth!– Ambrose Bierce
Ah, children of the sunlight and the gaslight, how little you know of the world in which you live!– Ambrose Bierce
Unacquainted with grief, I knew not how to appraise my bereavement; I could not rightly estimate the strength of the stroke.– Ambrose Bierce
Christian, n.: one who believes that the New Testament is a divinely inspired book admirably suited to the spiritual needs of his neighbor.– Ambrose Bierce