Ambrose Bierce ( 10 of 103 )
ECCENTRICITY, n. A method of distinction so cheap that fools employ it to accentuate their incapacity.
ECCENTRICITY, n. A method of distinction so cheap that fools employ it to accentuate their incapacity.
Calamities are of two kinds: misfortune to ourselves, and good fortune to others.
Calamities are of two kinds: misfortune to ourselves, and good fortune to others.
Electricity is the power that causes all natural phenomena not known to be caused by something else.
Electricity is the power that causes all natural phenomena not known to be caused by something else.
MISERICORDE, n. A dagger which in mediaeval warfare was used by the foot soldier to remind an unhorsed knight that read more
MISERICORDE, n. A dagger which in mediaeval warfare was used by the foot soldier to remind an unhorsed knight that he was mortal.
BOUNDARY, n. In political geography, an imaginary line between two nations, separating the imaginary rights of one from the imaginary read more
BOUNDARY, n. In political geography, an imaginary line between two nations, separating the imaginary rights of one from the imaginary rights of the other.
A bride is a woman with a fine prospect of happiness behind her.
A bride is a woman with a fine prospect of happiness behind her.
Politics is the conduct of public affairs for private advantage.
Politics is the conduct of public affairs for private advantage.
Calamities are of two kinds. Misfortune to ourselves, and good fortune to others.
Calamities are of two kinds. Misfortune to ourselves, and good fortune to others.
INTIMACY, n. A relation into which fools are providentially drawn for their mutual destruction.
INTIMACY, n. A relation into which fools are providentially drawn for their mutual destruction.
Miss: A title with which we brand unmarried women to indicate that they are in the market. Miss, Misses (Mrs.) read more
Miss: A title with which we brand unmarried women to indicate that they are in the market. Miss, Misses (Mrs.) and Mister (Mr.) are the three most distinctly disagreeable words in the language, in sound and sense. Two are corruptions of Mistress, the other of Master. If we must have them, let us be consistent and give one to the unmarried man. I venture to suggest Mush, abbreviated to MH.
