There is nothing new under the sun but there are lots of old things we don’t know.
AMBROSE BIERCEThe most affectionate creature in the world is a wet dog.
More Ambrose Bierce Quotes
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Edible, adj.: Good to eat, and wholesome to digest, as a worm to a toad, a toad to a snake, a snake to a pig, a pig to a man, and a man to a worm.
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Wine, madam, is God’s next best gift to man.
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LIFE, n. A spiritual pickle preserving the body from decay. We live in daily apprehension of its loss; yet when lost it is not missed.
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Conversation, n.: A vocal competition in which the one who is catching his breath is called the listener.
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All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusions is called a philosopher.
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ULTIMATUM, n. In diplomacy, a last demand before resorting to concessions.
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Sweater, n.: garment worn by child when its mother is feeling chilly.
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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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Love: A temporary insanity curable by marriage.
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Absurdity, n.: A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one’s own opinion.
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Mayonnaise: One of the sauces which serve the French in place of a state religion.
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Saint: A dead sinner revised and edited.
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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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Brain: an apparatus with which we think we think.
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I think that I think, therefore I think that I am.
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