"Accountability," The Cynic's Word Book (1906) - Bierce, Ambrose | WIST Quotations
ACCOUNTABILITY, n. The mother of caution. Included in The Devil's Dictionary (1911). Originally published in his "Cynic's Word Book" column in the New York American (1904-07-09) and "Cynic's Dictionary" column in the San Francisco Examiner (1904-07-17) as "the mother of remorse and great first cause of penitence."
