Democracy is defended in 3 stages. Ballot Box, Jury Box, Cartridge Box.
AMBROSE BIERCEThe most affectionate creature in the world is a wet dog.
More Ambrose Bierce Quotes
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REALISM, n. The art of depicting nature as it is seem by toads. The charm suffusing a landscape painted by a mole, or a story written by a measuring-worm.
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IMAGINATION, n. A warehouse of facts, with poet and liar in joint ownership.
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MIND, n. A mysterious form of matter secreted by the brain. Its chief activity consists in the endeavour to ascertain its own nature, the futility of the attempt being due to the fact that it has nothing but itself to know itself with.
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April fool, n. The March fool with another month added to his folly.
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To the eye of failure success is an accident.
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I think that I think, therefore I think that I am.
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Fidelity – a virtue peculiar to those who are about to be betrayed.
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Christian, n.: one who believes that the New Testament is a divinely inspired book admirably suited to the spiritual needs of his neighbor.
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Opposition, n. In politics the party that prevents the government from running amuck by hamstringing it.
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You don’t have to be stupid to be a Christian, but it probably helps.
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Quotation, n: The act of repeating erroneously the words of another.
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Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.
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Bore, n. A person who talks when you wish him to listen.
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In each human heart are a tiger, a pig, an ass and a nightingale. Diversity of character is due to their unequal activity.
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Age, with his eyes in the back of his head, thinks it wisdom to see the bogs through which he has floundered.
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