Ambrose Bierce Quotes
WIDOW, n. A pathetic figure that the Christian world has agreed to take humorously, although Christ's tenderness towards widows was one of the most marked features of his character. 
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DEGRADATION, n. One of the stages of moral and social progress from private station to political preferment.
- Ambrose Bierce
PIE, n. An advance agent of the reaper whose name is Indigestion.
Cold pie was highly esteemed by the remains. --Rev. Dr. Mucker
(in a funeral sermon over a British nobleman)
Cold pie is a detestable American comestible. That's why I'm done --or undone -- So far from that dear London.
(from the headstone of a British nobleman in Kalamazoo) - Ambrose Bierce
Cold pie was highly esteemed by the remains. --Rev. Dr. Mucker
(in a funeral sermon over a British nobleman)
Cold pie is a detestable American comestible. That's why I'm done --or undone -- So far from that dear London.
(from the headstone of a British nobleman in Kalamazoo) - Ambrose Bierce