To bother about the best method of accomplishing an accidental result.…

Ambrose Bierce
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To bother about the best method of accomplishing an accidental result. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2013). The Best Of Ambrose Bierce: The Damned Thing + An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge + The Devil's Dictionary + Chickamauga (4 Classics in 1 Book), p.179, e-artnow
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HARMONISTS, n. A sect of Protestants, now extinct, who came from Europe in the beginning of the last century and were distinguished for the bitterness of their internal controversies and dissensions. … ▶
THEOSOPHY, n. An ancient faith having all the certitude of religion and all the mystery of science. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2016). The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World, p.220, 谷月社
Doubt, indulged and cherished, is in danger of becoming denial; but if honest, and bent on thorough investigation, it may soon lead to full establishment of the truth.
Coward: One who, in a perilous emergency, thinks with his legs. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2009). The Devil's Dictionary: Easyread Large Bold Edition, p.45, ReadHowYouWant.com
GUILLOTINE, n. A machine which makes a Frenchman shrug his shoulders with good reason. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2016). The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World, p.81, 谷月社

To bother about the best method of accomplishing an accidental result. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2013). The Best Of Ambrose Bierce: The Damned Thing + An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge + The Devil's Dictionary + Chickamauga (4 Classics in 1 Book), p.179, e-artnow

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