162 Quotes & Sayings By Ambrose Bierce

Ambrose Bierce was an American short-story writer, journalist, essayist, and dramatist. He was also a satirist, critic, and poet whose biting wit made him the most famous American writer of his era. Bierce continued to publish throughout his life, but failed to gain widespread recognition until his collection Tales of Soldiers and Civilians (1889) was published posthumously. Bierce is best known today for two short stories: "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" and "The Damned Thing."