Quotation, n: The act of repeating erroneously the words of another.
AMBROSE BIERCEQuotation, n: The act of repeating erroneously the words of another.
AMBROSE BIERCEThe hardest tumble a man can make is to fall over his own bluff.
AMBROSE BIERCEDistance, n. The only thing that the rich are willing for the poor to call theirs and keep.
AMBROSE BIERCEPolitics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.
AMBROSE BIERCEThe most affectionate creature in the world is a wet dog.
AMBROSE BIERCEAmbition. An overmastering desire to be vilified by enemies while living and made ridiculous by friends when dead.
AMBROSE BIERCEHe who thinks with difficulty believes with alacrity.
AMBROSE BIERCEScriptures – The sacred books of our holy religion, as distinguished from the false and profane writings on which all other faiths are based.
AMBROSE BIERCEPerseverance – a lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves an inglorious success.
AMBROSE BIERCESweater, n.: garment worn by child when its mother is feeling chilly.
AMBROSE BIERCESpeak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.
AMBROSE BIERCEFidelity – a virtue peculiar to those who are about to be betrayed.
AMBROSE BIERCEHe 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.
AMBROSE BIERCEFuture. That period of time in which our affairs prosper, our friends are true and our happiness is assured.
AMBROSE BIERCEDemocracy is four wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch.
AMBROSE BIERCELogic: The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with the limitations and incapacities of the human misunderstanding.
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