A wedding is a ceremony at which two persons undertake to become one, one undertakes to become nothing, and nothing undertakes to become supportable.
AMBROSE BIERCEDon’t steal; thou’lt never thus compete successfully in business. Cheat.
More Ambrose Bierce Quotes
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Opposition, n. In politics the party that prevents the government from running amuck by hamstringing it.
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Coward: One who, in a perilous emergency, thinks with his legs.
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The hardest tumble a man can make is to fall over his own bluff.
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IMAGINATION, n. A warehouse of facts, with poet and liar in joint ownership.
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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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Dawn: When men of reason go to bed.
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You don’t have to be stupid to be a Christian, but it probably helps.
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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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Mausoleum, n: the final and funniest folly of the rich.
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Ambition. An overmastering desire to be vilified by enemies while living and made ridiculous by friends when dead.
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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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Scriptures – The sacred books of our holy religion, as distinguished from the false and profane writings on which all other faiths are based.
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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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April fool, n. The March fool with another month added to his folly.
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