Historian. A broad — gauge gossip. – Ambrose Bierce
Abscond. To move in a mysterious way, commonly with the property of another. – Ambrose Bierce

Historian. A broad — gauge gossip. – Ambrose Bierce
Abscond. To move in a mysterious way, commonly with the property of another. – Ambrose Bierce
In each human heart are a tiger, a pig, an ass and a nightingale. Diversity of character is due to their unequal activity. – Ambrose Bierce
Doubt, indulged and cherished, is in danger of becoming denial but if honest, and bent on thorough investigation, it may soon lead to full establishment of the truth. – Ambrose Bierce
I tell again the oldest and the newest story of all the world, — the story of Invincible Love! This tale divine — ancient as the beginning of things, fresh and young as the passing hour — has forms and names various as humanity. – Amelia E. Huddleston Barr, A Rose of a Hundred Leaves: A Love Story, 1891