RATIONAL, adj. Devoid of all delusions save those of observation, experience and reflection.
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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.
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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The covers of this book are too far apart.
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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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Future. That period of time in which our affairs prosper, our friends are true and our happiness is assured.
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Mausoleum, n: the final and funniest folly of the rich.
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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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Logic: The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with the limitations and incapacities of the human misunderstanding.
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Responsibility, n. A detachable burden easily shifted to the shoulders of God, Fate, Fortune, Luck or one’s neighbor. In the days of astrology it was customary to unload it upon a star.
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Fear has no brains; it is an idiot.
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An election is nothing more than the advanced auction of stolen goods.
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Optimism – the doctrine or belief that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly.
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He who thinks with difficulty believes with alacrity.
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Year: A period of three hundred and sixty-five disappointments.
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Electricity is the power that causes all natural phenomena not known to be caused by something else
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Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.
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