Maxioms by Ambrose Bierce
Compromise. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary the satisfaction of thinking he has got what he read more
Compromise. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary the satisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and is deprived of nothing except what was justly his due.
In Dr. Johnson's famous dictionary, patriotism is defined as the last refuge of a scoundrel. With all due respect to read more
In Dr. Johnson's famous dictionary, patriotism is defined as the last refuge of a scoundrel. With all due respect to an enlightened but inferior lexicographer, I beg to submit that it is the first.
Liar: A lawyer with a roving commission.
Liar: A lawyer with a roving commission.
Birth: The first and direst of all disasters.
Birth: The first and direst of all disasters.
The hardest tumble a man can make is to fall over his own bluff.
The hardest tumble a man can make is to fall over his own bluff.
