Quote #4,507 “Historian - a broad-gauge gossip.” — Ambrose Bierce Historian - a broad-gauge gossip. Ambrose Bierce Journalist • American favorite_border 0 ios_share Share Twitter / X Facebook Copy Link content_copy Copy Quote check_circle Copied to clipboard! More from Ambrose Bierce View All Famous, adj.: Conspicuously miserable. — Ambrose Bierce topics: Famous favorite_border 0 ios_share Twitter / X Facebook Copy Link Anoint, v.: To grease a king or other great functionary already sufficiently slippery. — Ambrose Bierce favorite_border 0 ios_share Twitter / X Facebook Copy Link Belladonna, n.: In Italian a beautiful lady; in English a deadly poison. A striking example of the essential identity of the two tongues. — Ambrose Bierce favorite_border 0 ios_share Twitter / X Facebook Copy Link Wit - the salt with which the American humorist spoils his intellectual cookery by leaving it out. — Ambrose Bierce topics: Humor favorite_border 0 ios_share Twitter / X Facebook Copy Link