In our civilization, and under our republican form of government, intelligence is so highly honored that it is rewarded by exemption from the cares of office.
AMBROSE BIERCEResponsibility, n. A detachable burden easily shifted to the shoulders of God, Fate, Fortune, Luck or one’s neighbor. In the days of astrology it was customary to unload it upon a star.
More Ambrose Bierce Quotes
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Conversation, n.: A vocal competition in which the one who is catching his breath is called the listener.
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Quotation, n: The act of repeating erroneously the words of another.
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Life – a spiritual pickle preserving the body from decay.
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Fear has no brains; it is an idiot.
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A person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks of his enemies and bear arms agains himself. He makes his failure certain by himself being the first person to be convinced of it.
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The only distinction that democracies reward is a high degree of conformity.
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ARMOR, n. The kind of clothing worn by a man whose tailor is a blacksmith.
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Lottery: A tax on people who are bad at math.
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The partisan strife in which the people of the country are permitted to periodically engage does not tend to the development of ugly traits of character, but merely discloses those that preexist.
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LAWYER, n. One skilled in circumvention of the law.
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He who thinks with difficulty believes with alacrity.
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Christian, n.: one who believes that the New Testament is a divinely inspired book admirably suited to the spiritual needs of his neighbor.
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True, man does not know woman. But neither does woman.
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LIFE, n. A spiritual pickle preserving the body from decay. We live in daily apprehension of its loss; yet when lost it is not missed.
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Distance, n. The only thing that the rich are willing for the poor to call theirs and keep.
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