Future. That period of time in which our affairs prosper, our friends are true and our happiness is assured.
AMBROSE BIERCEDemocracy is defended in 3 stages. Ballot Box, Jury Box, Cartridge Box.
More Ambrose Bierce Quotes
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Conversation, n.: A vocal competition in which the one who is catching his breath is called the listener.
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ARMOR, n. The kind of clothing worn by a man whose tailor is a blacksmith.
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April fool, n. The March fool with another month added to his folly.
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I think that I think, therefore I think that I am.
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Eulogy. Praise of a person who has either the advantages of wealth and power, or the consideration to be dead.
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Mayonnaise: One of the sauces which serve the French in place of a state religion.
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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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Quotation, n: The act of repeating erroneously the words of another.
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Debt, n. An ingenious substitute for the chain and whip of the slavedriver.
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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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Laughter, n. An interior convulsion, producing a distortion of the features and accompanied by inarticulate noises. It is infectious and, though intermittent, incurable.
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Labor is one of the processes by which A acquires property for B.
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Riot – A popular entertainment given to the military by innocent bystanders.
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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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Absurdity, n.: A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one’s own opinion.
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