REFLECTION,n: An Action of the mind whereby we obtain a clearer view of our relation to the things of yesterday and are able to avoid the perils that we shall not again encounter.
AMBROSE BIERCEARMOR, n. The kind of clothing worn by a man whose tailor is a blacksmith.
More Ambrose Bierce Quotes
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Sweater, n.: garment worn by child when its mother is feeling chilly.
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To the eye of failure success is an accident.
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RATIONAL, adj. Devoid of all delusions save those of observation, experience and reflection.
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Eulogy. Praise of a person who has either the advantages of wealth and power, or the consideration to be dead.
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MYTHOLOGY, n. The body of a primitive people’s beliefs concerning its origin, early history, heroes, deities and so forth, as distinguished from the true accounts which it invents later.
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LAWYER, n. One skilled in circumvention of the law.
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Don’t steal; thou’lt never thus compete successfully in business. Cheat.
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Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.
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Knowledge is the small part of ignorance that we arrange and classify.
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An election is nothing more than the advanced auction of stolen goods.
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Absurdity, n.: A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one’s own opinion.
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Labor is one of the processes by which A acquires property for B.
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Wine, madam, is God’s next best gift to man.
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Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.
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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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