How To Use Bierce In A Sentence
- Retell “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” by Ambrose Bierce using a local train trestle and creek as the setting. Short Eerie Reads...
- Education, n. That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding. Ambrose Bierce
- In our civilization, and under our republican form of government, intelligence is so highly honored that it is rewarded by exemption from the cares of office. Ambrose Bierce
- Achievement is the death of endeavor and the birth of disgust. Ambrose Bierce
- One can do no better than to paraphrase Ambrose Bierce upon his discovery of the merkin, and ask: how can such things be?
- Opportunity is a favorable occasion for grasping a disappointment. Ambrose Bierce
- Patience: A minor form of despair disguised as a virtue. Ambrose Bierce
- Corporation, n. An ingenious device for obtaining individual profit without individual responsibility. Ambrose Bierce
- They are of course the life-blood of satirical books, of the kind made famous by Andrew Bierce's Devil's Dictionary, such as apologise 'to lay the foundation for future offence'. On antinyms
- Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage. Ambrose Bierce