Ocupation: Journalist
Life: June 24, 1842 - 1914
Birthday: June 24
Death: 1914
WAR, n. A by-product of the arts of peace. The most menacing political condition is a period of international amity.
source: Ambrose Bierce (2013). “The Devil's Dictionary (or The Cynic's Wordbook: Unabridged with all the Definitions)”, p.217, e-artnow