What did Ambrose Bierce mean by: CLOSE-FISTED, adj. Unduly desirous of keeping that which many meritorious persons wish to obtain. - Ambrose Bierce Journalist · USA Copy
+ They say that hens do cackle loudest when there is nothing vital in the eggs they have laid. Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024January 7, 2024, Ambrose Bierce, Eggs, Hens, Vanity, 0 - Ambrose Bierce Journalist · USA
+ Who never doubted, never half believed. Where doubt is, there truth is – it is her shadow. Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024January 7, 2024, Ambrose Bierce, Doubt, Shadow, 0 - Ambrose Bierce Journalist · USA
+ Inhumanity, n. One of the signal and characteristic qualities of humanity. Explain Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024January 11, 2024, Ambrose Bierce, Characteristics, Human, Quality, 0 - Ambrose Bierce Journalist · USA
+ Success is the one unpardonable sin against our fellows. Feraz Zeid, October 2, 2023December 26, 2023, Ambrose Bierce, Sin, Success, 0 - Ambrose Bierce Journalist · USA
+ Die: To stop sinning suddenly. Feraz Zeid, September 7, 2023December 24, 2023, Ambrose Bierce, Die, Sinning, 0 - Ambrose Bierce Journalist · USA
+ Photograph: a picture painted by the sun without instruction in art. Explain Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024January 11, 2024, Ambrose Bierce, Art, Photography, 0 - Ambrose Bierce Journalist · USA
+ When lost in a forest go always down hill. When lost in a philosophy or doctrine go upward. Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024January 7, 2024, Ambrose Bierce, Doctrine, Forests, Philosophy, 0 - Ambrose Bierce Journalist · USA
+ Here’s to woman! Would that we could fold into her arms without falling into her hands. Explain Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024January 11, 2024, Ambrose Bierce, Love, Women, 0 - Ambrose Bierce Journalist · USA
Every man is valued in this world as he shows by his conduct that he wishes to be valued. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
If you wish to be held in esteem, you must ssociate only with those who estimable. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
A man of the world must seem to be what he wishes to be thought. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
If a secret is revealed, the person who has confided it to another is to be blamed. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
If men wish to be held in esteem, they must associate with those only who are estimable. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
We wish to constitute all the happiness, or, if that cannot be, the misery of the one we love. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Persecution to persons in a high rank stands them in the stead of eminent virtue. - Jean Francois Paul de Gondi Clergy · France
There are also times in life when a person has to rush off in pursuit of hopefulness. - Jean Giono Writer · France
