Bierce
Americannoun
noun
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In his “Devil’s Dictionary,” Ambrose Bierce defined peace as “a period of cheating between two periods of fighting.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
“War is God’s way of teaching Americans geography,” wrote Ambrose Bierce, whose bitter insights were shaped in large part by a terrible war.
From Washington Post ● May 7, 2021
There’s a reason why Ambrose Bierce described the telephone as “an invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable keep his distance.”
From Fox News ● Jul. 14, 2019
Imagine my shock when I discovered Ambrose Bierce.
From New York Times ● Mar. 8, 2018
Didn’t you lure Ambrose Bierce to the Mexican border?”
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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