Famous Quotes / Ambrose Bierce
Ambrose Bierce: "DIE, n. The singular of "dice." We seldom hear the word, because there is a prohibitory proverb, "Never say die." At long intervals, however, some one says: "The die is cast," which is not true, for it is cut. The word is found in an immortal couplet by that eminent poet and domestic economist, Senator Depew:
A cube of cheese no larger than a die
May bait the trap to catch a nibbling mie."
Bait | Because | Cast | Catch |
Cheese | Couplet | Cube | Depew |
Dice | Domestic | Economist | Eminent |
Found | Hear | Immortal | Intervals |
Larger | Long | Nibbling | Poet |
Prohibitory | Proverb | Says | Seldom |
Senator | Singular | Trap | True |
Word |