Saint: A dead sinner revised and edited.
AMBROSE BIERCEYou don’t have to be stupid to be a Christian, but it probably helps.
More Ambrose Bierce Quotes
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Accordion, n. An instrument in harmony with the sentiments of an assassin.
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Mausoleum, n: the final and funniest folly of the rich.
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Love: A temporary insanity curable by marriage.
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Edible, adj.: Good to eat, and wholesome to digest, as a worm to a toad, a toad to a snake, a snake to a pig, a pig to a man, and a man to a worm.
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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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Forgetfulness – a gift of God bestowed upon debtors in compensation for their destitution of conscience.
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Coward: One who, in a perilous emergency, thinks with his legs.
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Lottery: A tax on people who are bad at math.
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Mayonnaise: One of the sauces which serve the French in place of a state religion.
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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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Labor is one of the processes by which A acquires property for B.
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Conversation, n.: A vocal competition in which the one who is catching his breath is called the listener.
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Sweater, n.: garment worn by child when its mother is feeling chilly.
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Don’t steal; thou’lt never thus compete successfully in business. Cheat.
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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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