IMAGINATION, n. A warehouse of facts, with poet and liar in joint ownership.
AMBROSE BIERCEDistance, n. The only thing that the rich are willing for the poor to call theirs and keep.
More Ambrose Bierce Quotes
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They say that hens do cackle loudest when there is nothing vital in the eggs they have laid.
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A wedding is a ceremony at which two persons undertake to become one, one undertakes to become nothing, and nothing undertakes to become supportable.
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ARMOR, n. The kind of clothing worn by a man whose tailor is a blacksmith.
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He who thinks with difficulty believes with alacrity.
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Fidelity – a virtue peculiar to those who are about to be betrayed.
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True, man does not know woman. But neither does woman.
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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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Life – a spiritual pickle preserving the body from decay.
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Love: A temporary insanity curable by marriage.
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Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.
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Opposition, n. In politics the party that prevents the government from running amuck by hamstringing it.
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Year: A period of three hundred and sixty-five disappointments.
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Labor is one of the processes by which A acquires property for B.
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The only distinction that democracies reward is a high degree of conformity.
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What is a democrat? One who believes that the republicans have ruined the country. What is a republican? One who believes that the democrats would ruin the country.
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