The most affectionate creature in the wo... by Ambrose Bierce | We Heart Quotes

Writer journalist satirist Civil War An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

The most affectionate creature in the world is a wet dog.

- Ambrose Bierce

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Business

The gambling known as business looks with austere disfavor upon the business known as gambling.

- Ambrose Bierce

Care People

I believe we shall come to care about people less and less. The more people one knows the easier it becomes to replace them. It's one of the curses of London.

- Ambrose Bierce

Company Man

A man is known by the company he organizes.

- Ambrose Bierce

Regret Will

Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.

- Ambrose Bierce

Present Hope

Present, n. That part of eternity dividing the domain of disappointment from the realm of hope.

- Ambrose Bierce

Judges

Trial. A formal inquiry designed to prove and put upon record the blameless characters of judges, advocates and jurors.

- Ambrose Bierce

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