All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusions is called a philosopher.
AMBROSE BIERCEAge, with his eyes in the back of his head, thinks it wisdom to see the bogs through which he has floundered.
More Ambrose Bierce Quotes
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The only distinction that democracies reward is a high degree of conformity.
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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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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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Corporation: An ingenious device for obtaining profit without individual responsibility.
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Abstainer: a weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure.
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Mayonnaise: One of the sauces which serve the French in place of a state religion.
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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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I think that I think, therefore I think that I am.
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Perseverance – a lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves an inglorious success.
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An election is nothing more than the advanced auction of stolen goods.
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Age, with his eyes in the back of his head, thinks it wisdom to see the bogs through which he has floundered.
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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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Wine, madam, is God’s next best gift to man.
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Democracy is four wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch.
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Vote: the instrument and symbol of a freeman’s power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his country.
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