Ambrose Bierce ( 10 of 103 )
Liar: A lawyer with a roving commission.
Liar: A lawyer with a roving commission.
Ocean: A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man - who has no gills.rn
Ocean: A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man - who has no gills.rn
History: An account mostly false, of events mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers mostly knaves, and soldiers mostly read more
History: An account mostly false, of events mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers mostly knaves, and soldiers mostly fools.
Acquaintance: a degree of friendship called slight when its object is poor or obscure, and intimate when he is rich read more
Acquaintance: a degree of friendship called slight when its object is poor or obscure, and intimate when he is rich or famous.
Love: A temporary insanity curable by marriage or by removal of the patient from the influences under which he incurred read more
Love: A temporary insanity curable by marriage or by removal of the patient from the influences under which he incurred the disorder.
Dawn: When men of reason go to bed.
Dawn: When men of reason go to bed.
Vote: the instrument and symbol of a freeman's power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his read more
Vote: the instrument and symbol of a freeman's power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his country.
A cynic is a blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, and not as they ought to be.
A cynic is a blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, and not as they ought to be.
REPENTANCE, n. The faithful attendant and follower of Punishment. It is usually manifest in a degree of reformation that is read more
REPENTANCE, n. The faithful attendant and follower of Punishment. It is usually manifest in a degree of reformation that is not inconsistent with continuity of sin.
Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.
Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.
