Creative Quotations from . . .
Ambrose Bierce
(1842-1914) born on Jun 24
US "journalist, short-story writer". "He was a noted wit, satirist and sardonic short story writer who disappeared while covering the Mexican revolution."
 
   
F
INVENTOR, n. -- A person who makes an ingenious arrangement of wheels, levers and springs, and believes it civilization."

R
"ADMIRATION, n. -- Our polite recognition of another's resemblance to ourselves."
A
"PLAN, v.t. To bother about the best method of accomplishing an accidental result."
N
"Wit, n. -- The salt with which the American humorist spoils his intellectual cookery by leaving it out."
K
"PATIENCE, n. -- A minor form of despair, disguised as a virtue."


Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F: ""The Devil's Dictionary," 1911."
R: ""The Devil's Dictionary," 1881-1906."
A: "The Devil's Dictionary, 1911."
N: ""The Devil's Dictionary," 1881-1906."
K: ""The Devil's Dictionary," 1881-1906."



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