In our civilization, and under our republican form of government, intelligence is so highly honored that it is rewarded by exemption from the cares of office.
AMBROSE BIERCEARMOR, n. The kind of clothing worn by a man whose tailor is a blacksmith.
More Ambrose Bierce Quotes
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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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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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Saint: A dead sinner revised and edited.
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Absurdity, n.: A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one’s own opinion.
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Present, n. That part of eternity dividing the domain of disappointment from the realm of hope.
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Knowledge is the small part of ignorance that we arrange and classify.
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There is nothing new under the sun but there are lots of old things we don’t know.
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The only distinction that democracies reward is a high degree of conformity.
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True, man does not know woman. But neither does woman.
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I think that I think, therefore I think that I am.
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Sweater, n.: garment worn by child when its mother is feeling chilly.
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Wine, madam, is God’s next best gift to man.
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Money. A blessing that is of no advantage to us excepting when we part with it.
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Prescription: A physician’s guess at what will best prolong the situation with least harm to the patient.
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The hardest tumble a man can make is to fall over his own bluff.
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