I think that I think, therefore I think that I am.
AMBROSE BIERCEFear has no brains; it is an idiot.
More Ambrose Bierce Quotes
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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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Philosophy: A route of many roads leading from nowhere to nothing.
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PITY, n. A failing sense of exemption, inspired by contrast.
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Don’t steal; thou’lt never thus compete successfully in business. Cheat.
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Selfish, adj. Devoid of consideration for the selfishness of others.
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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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PAIN, n. An uncomfortable frame of mind that may have a physical basis in something that is being done to the body, or may be purely mental, caused by the good fortune of another.
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Present, n. That part of eternity dividing the domain of disappointment from the realm of hope.
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April fool, n. The March fool with another month added to his folly.
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War is God’s way of teaching Americans geography.
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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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Fidelity – a virtue peculiar to those who are about to be betrayed.
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Ambition. An overmastering desire to be vilified by enemies while living and made ridiculous by friends when dead.
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RUMOR, n. A favorite weapon of the assassins of character.
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Pray: To ask the laws of the universe to be annulled on behalf of a single petitioner confessedly unworthy.
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