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 BIERCEEloquence, 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 BIERCEPerseverance – a lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves an inglorious success.
AMBROSE BIERCELitigation: A machine which you go into as a pig and come out of as a sausage.
AMBROSE BIERCEAborigines, n.: Persons of little worth found cumbering the soil of a newly discovered country. They soon cease to cumber; they fertilize.
AMBROSE BIERCEThe hardest tumble a man can make is to fall over his own bluff.
AMBROSE BIERCEEducation, n.: That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding.
AMBROSE BIERCEThe most affectionate creature in the world is a wet dog.
AMBROSE BIERCESelfish, adj. Devoid of consideration for the selfishness of others.
AMBROSE BIERCEDeath is not the end. There remains the litigation over the estate.
AMBROSE BIERCEMoney. A blessing that is of no advantage to us excepting when we part with it.
AMBROSE BIERCEAn election is nothing more than the advanced auction of stolen goods.
AMBROSE BIERCELAWYER, n. One skilled in circumvention of the law.
AMBROSE BIERCEWar is God’s way of teaching Americans geography.
AMBROSE BIERCEAbsurdity, n.: A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one’s own opinion.
AMBROSE BIERCEDemocracy is defended in 3 stages. Ballot Box, Jury Box, Cartridge Box.
AMBROSE BIERCESaint: A dead sinner revised and edited.
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