Ambrose Bierce Quotes About Work

• Corporation: An ingenious device for obtaining profit without individual responsibility.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Inspirational, Sarcastic, Business

  Ambrose Bierce (2015). “The Eyes of the Panther (Cryptofiction Classics - Weird Tales of Strange Creatures)”, p.20, Read Books Ltd

• PHOTOGRAPH, n. A picture painted by the sun without instruction in art. It is a little better than the work of an Apache, but not quite so good as that of a Cheyenne.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Photography, Art, Work

  Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.181, University of Georgia Press

• Don't steal; thou'lt never thus compete successfully in business. Cheat.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Business, Work, Competition

  Ambrose Bierce, Brian St. Pierre (1987). “The Devil's advocate: an Ambrose Bierce reader”, Chronicle Books (CA)

• A man is known by the company he organizes.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Business, Work, Men

• What is worth doing is worth the trouble of asking somebody to do it.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Inspirational, Work, Asking

  Ambrose Bierce (2012). “The Devil's Dictionary”, p.114, Courier Corporation

• SERIAL, n. A literary work, usually a story that is not true, creeping through several issues of a newspaper or magazine.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Work, Issues, Stories

  Ambrose Bierce (2012). “The Devil's Dictionary”, p.117, Courier Corporation

• REPLICA, n. A reproduction of a work of art, by the artist that made the original. It is so called to distinguish it from a "copy," which is made by another artist. When the two are mae with equal skill the replica is the more valuable, for it is suppose

  Ambrose Bierce

  Art, Work, Skills

  Ambrose Bierce (2009). “The Devil's Dictionary: Easyread Super Large 18pt Edition”, p.300, ReadHowYouWant.com

• CAVILER, n. A critic of our own work.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Work, Critics

  Ambrose Bierce (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ambrose Bierce (Illustrated)”, p.2369, Delphi Classics

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