What did Ambrose Bierce mean by: gratitude, n. A sentiment lying midway between a benefit received and a benefit expected. - Ambrose Bierce Journalist · USA Copy
+ A rabbit’s foot may bring good luck to you, but it brought none to the rabbit. Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024January 7, 2024, Ambrose Bierce, Feet, Good Luck, Rabbits, 0 - Ambrose Bierce Journalist · USA
+ When you doubt, abstain. Feraz Zeid, November 6, 2023December 26, 2023, Ambrose Bierce, Doubt, 0 - Ambrose Bierce Journalist · USA
+ Woman absent is woman dead. Feraz Zeid, September 15, 2023December 26, 2023, Ambrose Bierce, Absence, 0 - Ambrose Bierce Journalist · USA
+ REDRESS, n. Reparation without satisfaction. Feraz Zeid, September 5, 2023December 26, 2023, Ambrose Bierce, Satisfaction, 0 - Ambrose Bierce Journalist · USA
+ SATIETY, n. The feeling that one has for the plate after he has eaten its contents, madam. Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024January 7, 2024, Ambrose Bierce, Cooking, Feelings, Food, 0 - Ambrose Bierce Journalist · USA
+ Distress: A disease incurred by exposure to the prosperity of a friend. Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024January 7, 2024, Ambrose Bierce, Disease, Exposure, Prosperity, 0 - Ambrose Bierce Journalist · USA
+ Advice, the smallest current coin. Feraz Zeid, October 14, 2023December 26, 2023, Ambrose Bierce, Advice, Coins, Currents, 0 - Ambrose Bierce Journalist · USA
+ TALK, v.t. To commit an indiscretion without temptation, from an impulse without purpose. Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024January 7, 2024, Ambrose Bierce, Impulse, Purpose, Temptation, 0 - Ambrose Bierce Journalist · USA
Lying is the only art form that the public sanctions and instinctively prefers to reality. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
There’s no such thing as autobiography, there’s only art and lies - Jeanette Winterson Author · England
What is history after all? History is facts which become lies in the end. - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
There is no excess in the world so commendable as excessive gratitude. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Generosity lies less in giving much than in giving at the right moment. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
A man has made great progress in cunning when he does not seem too clever to others. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
A person’s worth in this world is estimated according to the value he puts on himself. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
The art of love is to embrace the world and that which lies beyond it. Explain - Frederick Lenz Philosopher · USA
