Consul – in American politics, a person who having failed to secure an office from the people is given one by the Administration on condition that he leave the country.
AMBROSE BIERCEWhat is a democrat? One who believes that the republicans have ruined the country. What is a republican? One who believes that the democrats would ruin the country.
More Ambrose Bierce Quotes
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I think that I think, therefore I think that I am.
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Fear has no brains; it is an idiot.
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Electricity is the power that causes all natural phenomena not known to be caused by something else
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REFLECTION,n: An Action of the mind whereby we obtain a clearer view of our relation to the things of yesterday and are able to avoid the perils that we shall not again encounter.
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There are two instruments worse than a clarinet – two clarinets.
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Sweater, n.: garment worn by child when its mother is feeling chilly.
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He who thinks with difficulty believes with alacrity. A fool is a natural proselyte, but he must be caught young, for his convictions, unlike those of the wise, harden with age.
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Philosophy: A route of many roads leading from nowhere to nothing.
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Don’t steal; thou’lt never thus compete successfully in business. Cheat.
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Debt, n. An ingenious substitute for the chain and whip of the slavedriver.
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The covers of this book are too far apart.
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Opposition, n. In politics the party that prevents the government from running amuck by hamstringing it.
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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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Coward: One who, in a perilous emergency, thinks with his legs.
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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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