Authors / Ambrose Bierce

Ambrose Bierce quotes

1842–c. 1914 · American journalist and satirist

Bierce's Devil's Dictionary defines everyday words with maximum cynicism. He vanished in Mexico around 1914.

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2 quotes traced to Ambrose Bierce's own work or a reliable witness.

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Peace, n. In international affairs, a period of cheating between two periods of fighting.

Source: The Devil's Dictionary (1911)

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Politics, n. A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles.

Source: The Devil's Dictionary (1911)