Life – a spiritual pickle preserving the body from decay.
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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To the eye of failure success is an accident.
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RUMOR, n. A favorite weapon of the assassins of character.
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What is a democrat? One who believes that the republicans have ruined the country. What is a republican? One who believes that the democrats would ruin the country.
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RATIONAL, adj. Devoid of all delusions save those of observation, experience and reflection.
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Coward: One who, in a perilous emergency, thinks with his legs.
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Mausoleum, n: the final and funniest folly of the rich.
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He who thinks with difficulty believes with alacrity. A fool is a natural proselyte, but he must be caught young, for his convictions, unlike those of the wise, harden with age.
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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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Optimism – the doctrine or belief that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly.
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Mad, adj. Affected with a high degree of intellectual independence.
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Fidelity – a virtue peculiar to those who are about to be betrayed.
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Present, n. That part of eternity dividing the domain of disappointment from the realm of hope.
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Debt, n. An ingenious substitute for the chain and whip of the slavedriver.
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Corporation: An ingenious device for obtaining profit without individual responsibility.
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Riot – A popular entertainment given to the military by innocent bystanders.
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