安布罗斯·格溫莱特·比尔斯(Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce;1842年6月24日—1914年)
[1][2],或译为「安卜罗斯·皮尔斯」,是一位美国记者、短篇小说、传说与讽刺小说作家。著名作品有短篇小说《鹰溪桥上》(An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge)和讽刺小说《魔鬼辞典》(The Devil's Dictionary)等。
1913年,前往墨西哥。於當時的墨西哥革命中失蹤。[3]
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爱国主义:名词,一堆随时可以被任何野心家所点燃,去照亮他的名字的易燃垃圾。在约翰逊博士著名的字典中,爱国主义被定义为无赖最后的避难所。带着对这位开明但有缺陷的词典编纂家应有的敬意,我斗胆认为爱国主义应该是无赖的第一个避难所。(Patriotism, n. Combustible rubbish ready to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name. In Dr. Johnson's famous dictionary patriotism is defined as the last resort of a scoundrel. With all due respect to an enlightened but inferior lexicographer I beg to submit it is the first.)
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——安布罗斯·格溫莱特·比尔斯,1911,《魔鬼辞典》
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参考
- ^ 1.0 1.1 Ambrose Bierce. Biography and Works. Search Texts, Read Online. Discuss. [2019-11-06]. (原始内容存档于2021-01-15).
- ^ Floyd, E. Randall. The Good, the Bad, and the Mad: Some Weird People in American History. New York: Barnes & Noble Publishing, Inc. 1999: 18. ISBN 978-0-7607-6600-2.
- ^ Bierce letter from Chihuahua to Blanche Partington dated December 26, 1913. Printed in A Much Misunderstood Man: Selected Letters of Ambrose Bierce, S. T. Joshi and David E. Schultz, eds. Columbus: Ohio State University Press, 2003, pp. 244–46.
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