Introduction - a social ceremony invented by the devil for the gratifi…

Ambrose Bierce
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Introduction - a social ceremony invented by the devil for the gratification of his servants and the plaguing of his enemies. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2001). The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary, p.136, University of Georgia Press
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LIFE, n. A spiritual pickle preserving the body from decay. We live in daily apprehension of its loss; yet when lost it is not missed. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2001). The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary, p.15 … ▶
LEAD, n. A heavy blue-gray metal much used in giving stability to light lovers - particularly to those who love not wisely but other men's wives. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2013). Delphi Complete Works of Amb … ▶
Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.
GNOSTICS, n. A sect of philosophers who tried to engineer a fusion between the early Christians and the Platonists. The former would not go into the caucus and the combination failed, greatly to the … ▶
If you would be accounted great by your contemporaries, be not too much greater than they. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2015). A Cynic Looks at Life, p.38, Sheba Blake Publishing

Introduction - a social ceremony invented by the devil for the gratification of his servants and the plaguing of his enemies. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2001). The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary, p.136, University of Georgia Press

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