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.
AMBROSE BIERCEDon’t steal; thou’lt never thus compete successfully in business. Cheat.
More Ambrose Bierce Quotes
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Sweater, n.: garment worn by child when its mother is feeling chilly.
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The covers of this book are too far apart.
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Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.
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Alliance – in international politics, the union of two thieves who have their hands so deeply inserted in each other’s pockets that they cannot separately plunder a third.
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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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The most affectionate creature in the world is a wet dog.
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True, man does not know woman. But neither does woman.
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Consul – in American politics, a person who having failed to secure an office from the people is given one by the Administration on condition that he leave the country.
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Bore, n. A person who talks when you wish him to listen.
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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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Future. That period of time in which our affairs prosper, our friends are true and our happiness is assured.
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Divorce: a resumption of diplomatic relations and rectification of boundaries.
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Coward: One who, in a perilous emergency, thinks with his legs.
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Selfish, adj. Devoid of consideration for the selfishness of others.
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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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