Age, with his eyes in the back of his head, thinks it wisdom to see the bogs through which he has floundered.
AMBROSE BIERCEKnowledge is the small part of ignorance that we arrange and classify.
More Ambrose Bierce Quotes
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Conservative, n: A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal who wishes to replace them with others.
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Ocean: A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man – who has no gills.
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Lottery: A tax on people who are bad at math.
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RATIONAL, adj. Devoid of all delusions save those of observation, experience and reflection.
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Corporation: An ingenious device for obtaining profit without individual responsibility.
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Pray: To ask the laws of the universe to be annulled on behalf of a single petitioner confessedly unworthy.
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True, man does not know woman. But neither does woman.
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REALISM, 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.
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All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusions is called a philosopher.
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ARMOR, n. The kind of clothing worn by a man whose tailor is a blacksmith.
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Love: A temporary insanity curable by marriage.
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PITY, n. A failing sense of exemption, inspired by contrast.
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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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Don’t steal; thou’lt never thus compete successfully in business. Cheat.
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Forgetfulness – a gift of God bestowed upon debtors in compensation for their destitution of conscience.
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