BIERCE, AMBROSE : Politeness is the most acceptable hypocrisy. (Ambrose Bierce, U.S. Civil War soldier, wit, writer, and editor, 1842-1914)

BIERCE, AMBROSE : Hope is desire and expectation rolled into one. (Ambrose Bierce, U.S. Civil War soldier, wit, writer, and editor, 1842-1914)

BIERCE, AMBROSE : An acquaintance is a person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to. (Ambrose Bierce, U.S. Civil War soldier, wit, writer, and editor, 1842-1914)