Patriotism. Combustible rubbish ready to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name.
AMBROSE BIERCEAlliance – 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.
More Ambrose Bierce Quotes
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The most affectionate creature in the world is a wet dog.
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Sweater, n.: garment worn by child when its mother is feeling chilly.
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The hardest tumble a man can make is to fall over his own bluff.
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Mausoleum, n: the final and funniest folly of the rich.
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There are two instruments worse than a clarinet – two clarinets.
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Selfish, adj. Devoid of consideration for the selfishness of others.
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Mayonnaise: One of the sauces which serve the French in place of a state religion.
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Eloquence, n. The art of orally persuading fools that white is the color that it appears to be. It includes the gift of making any color appear white.
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RATIONAL, adj. Devoid of all delusions save those of observation, experience and reflection.
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Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.
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Litigation: A machine which you go into as a pig and come out of as a sausage.
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Philosophy: A route of many roads leading from nowhere to nothing.
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Belladonna, n.: In Italian a beautiful lady; in English a deadly poison. A striking example of the essential identity of the two tongues.
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Responsibility, n. A detachable burden easily shifted to the shoulders of God, Fate, Fortune, Luck or one’s neighbor. In the days of astrology it was customary to unload it upon a star.
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Death is not the end. There remains the litigation over the estate.
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