They say that hens do cackle loudest when there is nothing vital in the eggs they have laid.
AMBROSE BIERCESweater, n.: garment worn by child when its mother is feeling chilly.
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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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Riot – A popular entertainment given to the military by innocent bystanders.
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Selfish, adj. Devoid of consideration for the selfishness of others.
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What is a democrat? One who believes that the republicans have ruined the country. What is a republican? One who believes that the democrats would ruin the country.
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ULTIMATUM, n. In diplomacy, a last demand before resorting to concessions.
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All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusions is called a philosopher.
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REALISM, n. The art of depicting nature as it is seem by toads. The charm suffusing a landscape painted by a mole, or a story written by a measuring-worm.
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April fool, n. The March fool with another month added to his folly.
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Saint: A dead sinner revised and edited.
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Absurdity, n.: A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one’s own opinion.
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There are two instruments worse than a clarinet – two clarinets.
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Dawn: When men of reason go to bed.
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Wine, madam, is God’s next best gift to man.
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Fidelity – a virtue peculiar to those who are about to be betrayed.
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War is God’s way of teaching Americans geography.
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