Bierce

Famous quotes containing the word bierce:

“Enthusiasm. A distemper of youth, curable by small doses of repentance in connection with outward applications of experience.”
—Ambrose Bierce (1842–1914)

“Bride. A woman with a fine prospect of happiness behind her.”
—Ambrose Bierce (1842–1914)

“Ambition. An overmastering desire to be vilified by enemies while living and made ridiculous by friends when dead.”
—Ambrose Bierce (1842–1914)