I think that I think, therefore I think that I am.
AMBROSE BIERCELaughter, n. An interior convulsion, producing a distortion of the features and accompanied by inarticulate noises. It is infectious and, though intermittent, incurable.
More Ambrose Bierce Quotes
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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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Mayonnaise: One of the sauces which serve the French in place of a state religion.
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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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All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusions is called a philosopher.
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Education, n.: That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding.
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April fool, n. The March fool with another month added to his folly.
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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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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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ULTIMATUM, n. In diplomacy, a last demand before resorting to concessions.
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Labor is one of the processes by which A acquires property for B.
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Bore, n. A person who talks when you wish him to listen.
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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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Lottery: A tax on people who are bad at math.
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Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.
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Debt, n. An ingenious substitute for the chain and whip of the slavedriver.
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