Fidelity – a virtue peculiar to those who are about to be betrayed.
AMBROSE BIERCETrue, man does not know woman. But neither does woman.
More Ambrose Bierce Quotes
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Age, with his eyes in the back of his head, thinks it wisdom to see the bogs through which he has floundered.
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Eloquence, n. The art of orally persuading fools that white is the color that it appears to be. It includes the gift of making any color appear white.
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The most affectionate creature in the world is a wet dog.
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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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In each human heart are a tiger, a pig, an ass and a nightingale. Diversity of character is due to their unequal activity.
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Brain: an apparatus with which we think we think.
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Riot – A popular entertainment given to the military by innocent bystanders.
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History is an account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers, mostly fools.
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PITY, n. A failing sense of exemption, inspired by contrast.
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Women of genius commonly have masculine faces, figures and manners. In transplanting brains to an alien soil God leaves a little of the original earth clinging to the roots.
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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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All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusions is called a philosopher.
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Dawn: When men of reason go to bed.
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Future. That period of time in which our affairs prosper, our friends are true and our happiness is assured.
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Mad, adj. Affected with a high degree of intellectual independence.
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