| COWARD, n. One who in a perilous emergency thinks with his legs. Ambrose Bierce Ambrose Bierce June 24, 1842 - 1914? (Disappeared in Mexico) (age 72) American editorialist, journalist, short-story writer and satirist The Devil's Dictionary Ambrose Bierce at Wikipedia Ambrose Bierce at Thinkexist.com Many people regard Ambrose Bierce as a "Cynic," defined as 1. A person who believes all people are motivated by selfishness. 2. A person whose outlook is scornfully and often habitually negative. 3. Cynic A member of a sect of ancient Greek philosophers who believed virtue to be the only good and self-control to be the only means of achieving virtue. at http://refdesk.com/ Ambrose Bierce at Quotes-Famous.com |
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