Coward: One who, in a perilous emergency, thinks with his legs.
AMBROSE BIERCELitigation: A machine which you go into as a pig and come out of as a sausage.
More Ambrose Bierce Quotes
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Riot – A popular entertainment given to the military by innocent bystanders.
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I think that I think, therefore I think that I am.
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Bore, n. A person who talks when you wish him to listen.
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He who thinks with difficulty believes with alacrity.
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Future. That period of time in which our affairs prosper, our friends are true and our happiness is assured.
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Christian, n.: one who believes that the New Testament is a divinely inspired book admirably suited to the spiritual needs of his neighbor.
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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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RATIONAL, adj. Devoid of all delusions save those of observation, experience and reflection.
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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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He who thinks with difficulty believes with alacrity. A fool is a natural proselyte, but he must be caught young, for his convictions, unlike those of the wise, harden with age.
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Ocean: A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man – who has no gills.
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Democracy is four wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch.
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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.
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Wine, madam, is God’s next best gift to man.
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Present, n. That part of eternity dividing the domain of disappointment from the realm of hope.
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