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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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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ULTIMATUM, n. In diplomacy, a last demand before resorting to concessions.
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RUMOR, n. A favorite weapon of the assassins of character.
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Distance, n. The only thing that the rich are willing for the poor to call theirs and keep.
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Don’t steal; thou’lt never thus compete successfully in business. Cheat.
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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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Consul – in American politics, a person who having failed to secure an office from the people is given one by the Administration on condition that he leave the country.
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Saint: A dead sinner revised and edited.
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REFLECTION,n: An Action of the mind whereby we obtain a clearer view of our relation to the things of yesterday and are able to avoid the perils that we shall not again encounter.
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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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Dawn: When men of reason go to bed.
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I think that I think, therefore I think that I am.
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Debt, n. An ingenious substitute for the chain and whip of the slavedriver.
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Love: A temporary insanity curable by marriage.
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ARMOR, n. The kind of clothing worn by a man whose tailor is a blacksmith.
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