Here are some inspirational quotes by Ambrose Bierce in his signature definition style quotes in which he left many valuable gems of wisdom
Optimism: The doctrine that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly, everything good, especially the bad, and everything right that is wrong. … It is hereditary, but fortunately not contagious.
Ability is commonly found to consist mainly in a high degree of solemnity.
Academe, n.: An ancient school where morality and philosophy were taught.
Academy, n.: A modern school where football is taught.
Ambidextrous, adj.: Able to pick with equal skill a right-hand pocket or a left.
Happiness: an agreeable sensation arising from contemplating the misery of another.
Ambrose Bierce
Beauty, n: the power by which a woman charms a lover and terrifies a husband.
What is a democrat? One who believes that the republicans have ruined the country. What is a republican? One who believes that the democrats would ruin the country.
The future is that period of time in which our affairs prosper, our friends are true, and our happiness is assured.
Idiot, n. A member of a large and powerful tribe whose influence in human affairs has always been dominant and controlling.
Logic: The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with the limitations and incapacities of the human misunderstanding.
Ambrose Bierce
Experience – the wisdom that enables us to recognise in an undesirable old acquaintance the folly that we have already embraced.