Distance, n. The only thing that the rich are willing for the poor to call theirs and keep.
AMBROSE BIERCEREALISM, n. The art of depicting nature as it is seem by toads. The charm suffusing a landscape painted by a mole, or a story written by a measuring-worm.
More Ambrose Bierce Quotes
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Fear has no brains; it is an idiot.
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Mausoleum, n: the final and funniest folly of the rich.
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Patience, n. A minor form of dispair, disguised as a virtue.
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Riot – A popular entertainment given to the military by innocent bystanders.
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MIND, n. A mysterious form of matter secreted by the brain. Its chief activity consists in the endeavour to ascertain its own nature, the futility of the attempt being due to the fact that it has nothing but itself to know itself with.
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Death is not the end. There remains the litigation over the estate.
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April fool, n. The March fool with another month added to his folly.
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RUMOR, n. A favorite weapon of the assassins of character.
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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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Philosophy: A route of many roads leading from nowhere to nothing.
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Divorce: a resumption of diplomatic relations and rectification of boundaries.
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In our civilization, and under our republican form of government, intelligence is so highly honored that it is rewarded by exemption from the cares of office.
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Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.
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Lottery: A tax on people who are bad at math.
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Fidelity – a virtue peculiar to those who are about to be betrayed.
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