Optimism – the doctrine or belief that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly.
AMBROSE BIERCEI think that I think, therefore I think that I am.
More Ambrose Bierce Quotes
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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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Don’t steal; thou’lt never thus compete successfully in business. Cheat.
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RUMOR, n. A favorite weapon of the assassins of character.
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Mayonnaise: One of the sauces which serve the French in place of a state religion.
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Fidelity – a virtue peculiar to those who are about to be betrayed.
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Education, n.: That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding.
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Religion. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable.
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Life – a spiritual pickle preserving the body from decay.
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Abstainer: a weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure.
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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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Money. A blessing that is of no advantage to us excepting when we part with it.
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ULTIMATUM, n. In diplomacy, a last demand before resorting to concessions.
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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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Ocean: A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man – who has no gills.
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There are two instruments worse than a clarinet – two clarinets.
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