Poems List

Advice, n. The smallest current coin.
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Hand, n. A singular instrument worn at the end of a human arm and commonly thrust into somebody’s pocket.
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Photograph: A picture painted by the sun without instruction in art.
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Antipathy: The sentiment inspired by one’s friend’s friend.

The Enlarged Devil’s Dictionary (1961)

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Destiny: A tyrant’s authority for crime and a fool’s excuse for failure.
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Achievement is the death of endeavor and the birth of disgust.
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Callous, adj. Gifted with great fortitude to bear the evils afflicting another.
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Egotist a person more interested in himself than in me.
There are four kinds of Homicide felonious, excusable, justifiable, and praiseworthy.
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The world has suffered more from the ravages of ill-advised marriages than from virginity.
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Born on June 24, 1842, in Meigs County, Ohio, Ambrose Bierce enlisted in the Union Army in 1861 and fought in some of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War. After the war, he moved to California, where he became an influential journalist and newspaper editor. Bierce gained fame for his scathing style and his distrust of hypocrisy and pretense. His most famous work is 'The Devil's Dictionary,' a collection of satirical and witty definitions that expose human and social flaws. His short stories, such as 'An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge,' are notable for their dark atmosphere, surprising endings, and psychological exploration. Bierce mysteriously disappeared in Mexico in 1913, while traveling to cover the Mexican Revolution, leaving behind a lasting and enigmatic literary legacy.