PITY, n. A failing sense of exemption, inspired by contrast.
AMBROSE BIERCELAWYER, n. One skilled in circumvention of the law.
More Ambrose Bierce Quotes
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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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Eulogy. Praise of a person who has either the advantages of wealth and power, or the consideration to be dead.
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A wedding is a ceremony at which two persons undertake to become one, one undertakes to become nothing, and nothing undertakes to become supportable.
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I think that I think, therefore I think that I am.
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Debt, n. An ingenious substitute for the chain and whip of the slavedriver.
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Conversation, n.: A vocal competition in which the one who is catching his breath is called the listener.
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Perseverance – a lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves an inglorious success.
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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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Saint: A dead sinner revised and edited.
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Corporation: An ingenious device for obtaining profit without individual responsibility.
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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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An election is nothing more than the advanced auction of stolen goods.
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Patriotism. Combustible rubbish ready to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name.
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Quotation, n: The act of repeating erroneously the words of another.
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