Selfish, adj. Devoid of consideration for the selfishness of others.
AMBROSE BIERCERATIONAL, adj. Devoid of all delusions save those of observation, experience and reflection.
More Ambrose Bierce Quotes
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Corporation: An ingenious device for obtaining profit without individual responsibility.
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The partisan strife in which the people of the country are permitted to periodically engage does not tend to the development of ugly traits of character, but merely discloses those that preexist.
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IMAGINATION, n. A warehouse of facts, with poet and liar in joint ownership.
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You don’t have to be stupid to be a Christian, but it probably helps.
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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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ARMOR, n. The kind of clothing worn by a man whose tailor is a blacksmith.
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The only distinction that democracies reward is a high degree of conformity.
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Money. A blessing that is of no advantage to us excepting when we part with it.
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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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Present, n. That part of eternity dividing the domain of disappointment from the realm of hope.
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Lottery: A tax on people who are bad at math.
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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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LAWYER, n. One skilled in circumvention of the law.
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Marriage, n: the state or condition of a community consisting of a master, a mistress, and two slaves, making in all, two.
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