Perseverance – a lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves an inglorious success.
AMBROSE BIERCEKnowledge is the small part of ignorance that we arrange and classify.
More Ambrose Bierce Quotes
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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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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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Year: A period of three hundred and sixty-five disappointments.
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Don’t steal; thou’lt never thus compete successfully in business. Cheat.
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Divorce: a resumption of diplomatic relations and rectification of boundaries.
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LAWYER, n. One skilled in circumvention of the law.
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Labor is one of the processes by which A acquires property for B.
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Future. That period of time in which our affairs prosper, our friends are true and our happiness is assured.
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Absurdity, n.: A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one’s own opinion.
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War is God’s way of teaching Americans geography.
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Edible, adj.: Good to eat, and wholesome to digest, as a worm to a toad, a toad to a snake, a snake to a pig, a pig to a man, and a man to a worm.
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Money. A blessing that is of no advantage to us excepting when we part with it.
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The most affectionate creature in the world is a wet dog.
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Love: A temporary insanity curable by marriage.
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Litigation: A machine which you go into as a pig and come out of as a sausage.
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