Death is not the end. There remains the litigation over the estate.
AMBROSE BIERCEWomen of genius commonly have masculine faces, figures and manners. In transplanting brains to an alien soil God leaves a little of the original earth clinging to the roots.
More Ambrose Bierce Quotes
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Divorce: a resumption of diplomatic relations and rectification of boundaries.
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Mad, adj. Affected with a high degree of intellectual independence.
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The covers of this book are too far apart.
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Selfish, adj. Devoid of consideration for the selfishness of others.
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Christian, n.: one who believes that the New Testament is a divinely inspired book admirably suited to the spiritual needs of his neighbor.
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Vote: the instrument and symbol of a freeman’s power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his country.
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Brain: an apparatus with which we think we think.
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They say that hens do cackle loudest when there is nothing vital in the eggs they have laid.
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I think that I think, therefore I think that I am.
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Don’t steal; thou’lt never thus compete successfully in business. Cheat.
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Coward: One who, in a perilous emergency, thinks with his legs.
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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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True, man does not know woman. But neither does woman.
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Optimism – the doctrine or belief that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly.
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Accordion, n. An instrument in harmony with the sentiments of an assassin.
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