Ambrose Bierce

"Convent - a place of retirement for women who wish for leisure to meditate upon the sin of idleness."

Top Ambrose Bierce Quotes

"Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret."

"Love: A temporary insanity curable by marriage."

"Future. That period of time in which our affairs prosper, our friends are true and our happiness is assured."

"War is God's way of teaching Americans geography."

"Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage."

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