Age, with his eyes in the back of his head, thinks it wisdom to see the bogs through which he has floundered.
AMBROSE BIERCEMayonnaise: One of the sauces which serve the French in place of a state religion.
More Ambrose Bierce Quotes
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The hardest tumble a man can make is to fall over his own bluff.
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RUMOR, n. A favorite weapon of the assassins of character.
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Labor is one of the processes by which A acquires property for B.
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Philosophy: A route of many roads leading from nowhere to nothing.
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Ocean: A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man – who has no gills.
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Marriage, n: the state or condition of a community consisting of a master, a mistress, and two slaves, making in all, two.
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True, man does not know woman. But neither does woman.
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He who thinks with difficulty believes with alacrity.
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Riot – A popular entertainment given to the military by innocent bystanders.
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Conservative, n: A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal who wishes to replace them with others.
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Life – a spiritual pickle preserving the body from decay.
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Scriptures – The sacred books of our holy religion, as distinguished from the false and profane writings on which all other faiths are based.
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Forgetfulness – a gift of God bestowed upon debtors in compensation for their destitution of conscience.
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Education, n.: That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding.
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Present, n. That part of eternity dividing the domain of disappointment from the realm of hope.
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