Democracy is four wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch.
AMBROSE BIERCESelfish, adj. Devoid of consideration for the selfishness of others.
More Ambrose Bierce Quotes
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ARMOR, n. The kind of clothing worn by a man whose tailor is a blacksmith.
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He who thinks with difficulty believes with alacrity.
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True, man does not know woman. But neither does woman.
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There is nothing new under the sun but there are lots of old things we don’t know.
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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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Death is not the end. There remains the litigation over the estate.
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Litigation: A machine which you go into as a pig and come out of as a sausage.
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You don’t have to be stupid to be a Christian, but it probably helps.
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Lottery: A tax on people who are bad at math.
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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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An election is nothing more than the advanced auction of stolen goods.
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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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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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The covers of this book are too far apart.
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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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