Ambrose Bierce

CONSERVATIVE, n. A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal, who wishes to replace them with others.  
-- Ambrose Bierce

I was reacquainted Ambrose Bierce’s story as I read the article, Top 10 Unexplained Disappearances. The famous writer supposedly went to Mexico and was never heard from again. His end is still unexplained.





I love this quote from one of his last letters:

“Good-bye — if you hear of my being stood up against a Mexican stone wall and shot to rags please know that I think that a pretty good way to depart this life. It beats old age, disease, or falling down the cellar stairs. To be a Gringo in Mexico—ah, that is euthanasia!” -- Ambrose Bierce

Related links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambrose_Bierce
http://donswaim.com/
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/a/ambrose_bierce.html
http://www.online-literature.com/bierce/