The covers of this book are too far apart.
AMBROSE BIERCESelfish, adj. Devoid of consideration for the selfishness of others.
More Ambrose Bierce Quotes
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Fear has no brains; it is an idiot.
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Lottery: A tax on people who are bad at math.
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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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ULTIMATUM, n. In diplomacy, a last demand before resorting to concessions.
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They say that hens do cackle loudest when there is nothing vital in the eggs they have laid.
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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.
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Patience, n. A minor form of dispair, disguised as a virtue.
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Perseverance – a lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves an inglorious success.
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Logic: The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with the limitations and incapacities of the human misunderstanding.
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Religion. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable.
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Forgetfulness – a gift of God bestowed upon debtors in compensation for their destitution of conscience.
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Abstainer: a weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure.
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Accordion, n. An instrument in harmony with the sentiments of an assassin.
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Life – a spiritual pickle preserving the body from decay.
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He who thinks with difficulty believes with alacrity.
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