Ambrose Bierce's Quotes

Ambrose Bierce's Quotes 152

When you doubt, abstain.

Who never doubted, never half believed. Where doubt is, there truth is - it...

Day, n. A period of twenty-four hours, mostly misspent.

Inventor: A person who makes an ingenious arrangement of wheels, levers and...

Telephone, n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the...

Perseverance - a lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves an inglorious success.

Success is the one unpardonable sin against our fellows.

Academe, n.: An ancient school where morality and philosophy were taught....

Vote: the instrument and symbol of a freeman's power to make a fool of...

Positive, adj.: Mistaken at the top of one's voice.

To be positive is to be mistaken at the top of one's voice.

Conservative, n: A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as...

Meekness: Uncommon patience in planning a revenge that is worth while.

Patience, n. A minor form of dispair, disguised as a virtue.

Ocean: A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man -...

Sweater, n.: garment worn by child when its mother is feeling chilly.

Prescription: A physician's guess at what will best prolong the situation...

Marriage, n: the state or condition of a community consisting of a master, a...

Love: A temporary insanity curable by marriage.

Lawsuit: A machine which you go into as a pig and come out of as a sausage.

Ardor, n. The quality that distinguishes love without knowledge.

The small part of ignorance that we arrange and classify we give the name of...

Jealous, adj. Unduly concerned about the preservation of that which can be...

Mad, adj. Affected with a high degree of intellectual independence.

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