All Ambrose Bierce Quotes
- REALITY, n. The dream of a mad philosopher. That which would remain in the cupel if one should assay a phantom. The nucleus of a… Assay
- PAST, n. That part of Eternity with some small fraction of which we have a slight and regrettable acquaintance. [T]he Past is the Future of… Acquaintance
- EXISTENCE, n. A transient, horrible, fantastic dream,/ Wherein is nothing yet all things do seem:/ From which we're wakened by a friendly nudge/ Of our… All
- MANNA, n. A food miraculously given to the Israelites in the wilderness. When it was no longer supplied to them they settled down and tilled… Bodies
- HOSPITALITY, n. The virtue which induces us to feed and lodge certain persons who are not in need of food and lodging. Certain
- PLATONIC, adj. Pertaining to the philosophy of Socrates. Platonic Love is a fool's name for the affection between a disability and a frost. Adj Pertaining
- LOVE, n. A temporary insanity curable by marriage or by removal of the patient from the influences under which he incurred the disorder. Curable
- LEAD, n. A heavy blue-gray metal much used in giving stability to light lovers - particularly to those who love not wisely but other men's… Blue
- ACKNOWLEDGE, v.t. To confess. Acknowledgment of one another's faults is the highest duty imposed by our love of truth. Acknowledge
- QUIXOTIC, adj. Absurdly chivalric, like Don Quixote. An insight into the beauty and excellence of this incomparable adjective is unhappily denied to him who has… Absurdly
- HUSBAND, n. One who, having dined, is charged with the care of the plate. Care
- RATTLESNAKE, n. Our prostrate brother, "Homo ventrambulans". Brother
- REAR, n. In American military matters, that exposed part of the army that is nearest to Congress. American
- PRIVATE, n. A military gentleman with a field-marshal's baton in his knapsack and an impediment in his hope. Baton
- PROJECTILE, n. The final arbiter in international disputes. With the growth of prudence in military affairs the projectile came more and more into favor, and… Affair
- FREEBOOTER, n. A conqueror in a small way of business, whose annexations lack of the sanctifying merit of magnitude. Business
- A man is known by the company he organizes. Company
- UBIQUITY, n. The gift or power of being in all places at one time, but not in all places at all times, which is omnipresence,… All
- OLD, adj. In that stage of usefulness which is not inconsistent with general inefficiency, as an "old man". Discredited by lapse of time and offensive… Book
- IMPENITENCE, n. A state of mind intermediate in point of time between sin and punishment. Impenitence
- EXECUTIVE, n. An officer of the Government, whose duty it is to enforce the wishes of the legislative power until such time as the judicial… Department
- CLOCK, n. A machine of great moral value to man, allaying his concern for the future by reminding him what a lot of time remains… Allaying
- PRESENTABLE, adj. Hideously appareled after the manner of the time and place. Funny
- SATIETY, n. The feeling that one has for the plate after he has eaten its contents, madam. Contents
- PHILISTINE, n. One whose mind is the creature of its environment, following the fashion in thought, feeling and sentiment. He is sometimes learned, frequently prosperous,… Clean