black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

Selfish, adj. Devoid of consideration for the selfishness of others.

Ambrose Bierce

Wine, madam, is God’s next best gift to man.
AMBROSE BIERCE

Best Gift God Man
Eloquence, n. The art of orally persuading fools that white is the color that it appears to be. It includes the gift of making any color appear white.
AMBROSE BIERCE

Appearance Art Color Fools White
Debt, n. An ingenious substitute for the chain and whip of the slavedriver.
AMBROSE BIERCE

Drive Slave Substitute
Religion. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable.
AMBROSE BIERCE

Fear Hope Ignorance Known Religion
They say that hens do cackle loudest when there is nothing vital in the eggs they have laid.
AMBROSE BIERCE

Animal Born Egg Loud Lying
History is an account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers, mostly fools.
AMBROSE BIERCE

Fake Fools History Important Rule
IMAGINATION, n. A warehouse of facts, with poet and liar in joint ownership.
AMBROSE BIERCE

Fact Imagination Lying Poet
Dawn: When men of reason go to bed.
AMBROSE BIERCE

God Man One Liner Reason Sleep
LIFE, n. A spiritual pickle preserving the body from decay. We live in daily apprehension of its loss; yet when lost it is not missed.
AMBROSE BIERCE

Body Life Missing Spiritual
I think that I think, therefore I think that I am.
AMBROSE BIERCE

Myself Reputation Thinking
War is God’s way of teaching Americans geography.
AMBROSE BIERCE

God Place Teaching War
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.
AMBROSE BIERCE

Each Other Hands International Separate Thief Union
Bore, n. A person who talks when you wish him to listen.
AMBROSE BIERCE

Himself Listening Person Talk
Eulogy. Praise of a person who has either the advantages of wealth and power, or the consideration to be dead.
AMBROSE BIERCE

Death Money Person Praise Wealth
There are two instruments worse than a clarinet – two clarinets.
AMBROSE BIERCE

Instrument Worst
April fool, n. The March fool with another month added to his folly.
AMBROSE BIERCE

Add Fools Funny Himself Time

Selfish, adj. Devoid of consideration for the selfishness of others.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

Selfish, adj. Devoid of consideration for the selfishness of others.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Ambrose Bierce Quotes