In each human heart are a tiger, a pig, an ass and a nightingale. Diversity of character is due to their unequal activity.
AMBROSE BIERCEPITY, n. A failing sense of exemption, inspired by contrast.
More Ambrose Bierce Quotes
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War is God’s way of teaching Americans geography.
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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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Opposition, n. In politics the party that prevents the government from running amuck by hamstringing it.
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REFLECTION,n: An Action of the mind whereby we obtain a clearer view of our relation to the things of yesterday and are able to avoid the perils that we shall not again encounter.
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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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Perseverance – a lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves an inglorious success.
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Saint: A dead sinner revised and edited.
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He who thinks with difficulty believes with alacrity.
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Democracy is four wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch.
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April fool, n. The March fool with another month added to his folly.
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Corporation: An ingenious device for obtaining profit without individual responsibility.
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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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They say that hens do cackle loudest when there is nothing vital in the eggs they have laid.
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Patience, n. A minor form of dispair, disguised as a virtue.
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