Knowledge is the small part of ignorance that we arrange and classify.
AMBROSE BIERCEThe hardest tumble a man can make is to fall over his own bluff.
More Ambrose Bierce Quotes
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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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Saint: A dead sinner revised and edited.
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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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Abstainer: a weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure.
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I think that I think, therefore I think that I am.
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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.
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Lottery: A tax on people who are bad at math.
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Democracy is four wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch.
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Absurdity, n.: A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one’s own opinion.
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An election is nothing more than the advanced auction of stolen goods.
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Scriptures – The sacred books of our holy religion, as distinguished from the false and profane writings on which all other faiths are based.
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Don’t steal; thou’lt never thus compete successfully in business. Cheat.
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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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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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Electricity is the power that causes all natural phenomena not known to be caused by something else
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