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Ambrose Bierce Quotes About Expectations

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RESPITE, n. A suspension of hostilities against a sentenced assassin, to enable the Executive to determine whether the murder may not have been done by the prosecuting attorney. Any break in the continuity of a disagreeable expectation.

Ambrose Bierce

Expectations, Done, Assassins

Ambrose Bierce (2011). “Ambrose Bierce: The Devil's Dictionary, Tales, and Memoirs: The Devil's Dictionary, Tales, and Memoirs”, p.776, Library of America
Hope is desire and expectation rolled into one.

Ambrose Bierce

Hope, Expectations, Hopeful

Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.92, 谷月社
prospect, n. An outlook, usually forbidding. An expectation, usually forbidden.

Ambrose Bierce

Expectations, Outlook, Forbidden

Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.189, University of Georgia Press

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Born: June 24, 1842
Died: 1914
Occupation: Journalist
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