Ambrose Bierce Quote

OSTRICH, n. A large bird to which (for its sins, doubtless) nature has denied that hinder toe.... The absence of a good working pair of wings is no defect, for, as has been ingeniously pointed out, the ostrich does not fly.


The collected works (ed. 1911)


OSTRICH, n. A large bird to which (for its sins, doubtless) nature has denied that hinder toe.... The absence of a good working pair of wings is no...

OSTRICH, n. A large bird to which (for its sins, doubtless) nature has denied that hinder toe.... The absence of a good working pair of wings is no...

OSTRICH, n. A large bird to which (for its sins, doubtless) nature has denied that hinder toe.... The absence of a good working pair of wings is no...

OSTRICH, n. A large bird to which (for its sins, doubtless) nature has denied that hinder toe.... The absence of a good working pair of wings is no...