Quotes by Bierce, Ambrose

To apologize is to lay the foundation for a future offense. >>

Backbite. To speak of a man as you find him when he can't find you. >>

Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ev >>

Quotations about Names

Don't call me an icon. I'm just a mother trying to help. >>

You should never name an animal which is not yours to keep, or which y >>

A name pronounced is the recognition of the individual to whom it belo >>

Miss: A title with which we brand unmarried women to indicate that they are in the market. Miss, Misses (Mrs.) and Mister (Mr.) are the three most distinctly disagreeable words in the language, in sound and sense. Two are corruptions of Mistress, the other of Master. If we must have them, let us be consistent and give one to the unmarried man. I venture to suggest Mush, abbreviated to MH.

Bierce, Ambrose