Alliance – in international politics, the union of two thieves who have their hands so deeply inserted in each other’s pockets that they cannot separately plunder a third.
AMBROSE BIERCEPAIN, n. An uncomfortable frame of mind that may have a physical basis in something that is being done to the body, or may be purely mental, caused by the good fortune of another.
More Ambrose Bierce Quotes
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Fear has no brains; it is an idiot.
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Corporation: An ingenious device for obtaining profit without individual responsibility.
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ARMOR, n. The kind of clothing worn by a man whose tailor is a blacksmith.
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Mad, adj. Affected with a high degree of intellectual independence.
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Saint: A dead sinner revised and edited.
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War is God’s way of teaching Americans geography.
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Future. That period of time in which our affairs prosper, our friends are true and our happiness is assured.
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Conservative, n: A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal who wishes to replace them with others.
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Wine, madam, is God’s next best gift to man.
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Riot – A popular entertainment given to the military by innocent bystanders.
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Prescription: A physician’s guess at what will best prolong the situation with least harm to the patient.
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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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PITY, n. A failing sense of exemption, inspired by contrast.
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Year: A period of three hundred and sixty-five disappointments.
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Life – a spiritual pickle preserving the body from decay.
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