Saint: A dead sinner revised and edited.
AMBROSE BIERCESaint: A dead sinner revised and edited.
AMBROSE BIERCEMarriage, n: the state or condition of a community consisting of a master, a mistress, and two slaves, making in all, two.
AMBROSE BIERCEAbsurdity, n.: A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one’s own opinion.
AMBROSE BIERCELottery: A tax on people who are bad at math.
AMBROSE BIERCEEducation, n.: That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding.
AMBROSE BIERCEThe most affectionate creature in the world is a wet dog.
AMBROSE BIERCERATIONAL, adj. Devoid of all delusions save those of observation, experience and reflection.
AMBROSE BIERCEARMOR, n. The kind of clothing worn by a man whose tailor is a blacksmith.
AMBROSE BIERCEThe covers of this book are too far apart.
AMBROSE BIERCEPITY, n. A failing sense of exemption, inspired by contrast.
AMBROSE BIERCEPolitics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.
AMBROSE BIERCEAborigines, n.: Persons of little worth found cumbering the soil of a newly discovered country. They soon cease to cumber; they fertilize.
AMBROSE BIERCEOptimism – the doctrine or belief that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly.
AMBROSE BIERCEOpposition, n. In politics the party that prevents the government from running amuck by hamstringing it.
AMBROSE BIERCEBelladonna, n.: In Italian a beautiful lady; in English a deadly poison. A striking example of the essential identity of the two tongues.
AMBROSE BIERCEChristian, 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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