Ocean: A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man – who has no gills.
AMBROSE BIERCELottery: A tax on people who are bad at math.
More Ambrose Bierce Quotes
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Mausoleum, n: the final and funniest folly of the rich.
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Democracy is defended in 3 stages. Ballot Box, Jury Box, Cartridge Box.
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Love: A temporary insanity curable by marriage.
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The hardest tumble a man can make is to fall over his own bluff.
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RATIONAL, adj. Devoid of all delusions save those of observation, experience and reflection.
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Aborigines, n.: Persons of little worth found cumbering the soil of a newly discovered country. They soon cease to cumber; they fertilize.
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Quotation, n: The act of repeating erroneously the words of another.
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There is nothing new under the sun but there are lots of old things we don’t know.
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Fear has no brains; it is an idiot.
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True, man does not know woman. But neither does woman.
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In our civilization, and under our republican form of government, intelligence is so highly honored that it is rewarded by exemption from the cares of office.
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Electricity is the power that causes all natural phenomena not known to be caused by something else
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Logic: The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with the limitations and incapacities of the human misunderstanding.
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Don’t steal; thou’lt never thus compete successfully in business. Cheat.
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Future. That period of time in which our affairs prosper, our friends are true and our happiness is assured.
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