MIND, n. A mysterious form of matter secreted by the brain. Its chief activity consists in the endeavour to ascertain its own nature, the futility of the attempt being due to the fact that it has nothing but itself to know itself with.
AMBROSE BIERCEDemocracy is defended in 3 stages. Ballot Box, Jury Box, Cartridge Box.
More Ambrose Bierce Quotes
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RATIONAL, adj. Devoid of all delusions save those of observation, experience and reflection.
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Lottery: A tax on people who are bad at math.
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Fear has no brains; it is an idiot.
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Wine, madam, is God’s next best gift to man.
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Mad, adj. Affected with a high degree of intellectual independence.
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War is God’s way of teaching Americans geography.
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All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusions is called a philosopher.
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Aborigines, n.: Persons of little worth found cumbering the soil of a newly discovered country. They soon cease to cumber; they fertilize.
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Quotation, n: The act of repeating erroneously the words of another.
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Women of genius commonly have masculine faces, figures and manners. In transplanting brains to an alien soil God leaves a little of the original earth clinging to the roots.
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You don’t have to be stupid to be a Christian, but it probably helps.
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REALISM, n. The art of depicting nature as it is seem by toads. The charm suffusing a landscape painted by a mole, or a story written by a measuring-worm.
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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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Forgetfulness – a gift of God bestowed upon debtors in compensation for their destitution of conscience.
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Patriotism. Combustible rubbish ready to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name.
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