All Ambrose Bierce Quotes
- An ingenious compound of desirability and appearance. Discovery of truth is the sole purpose of philosophy, which is the most ancient occupation of the human… Activity
- Nature's fortuitous manifestation of her purposeless objectionableness. Fortuitous
- I keep a conscience uncorrupted by religion, a judgment undimmed by politics and patriotism, a heart untainted by friendships and sentiments unsoured by animosities. Animosities
- A statesman who shakes the fruit trees of his neighbors - to dislodge the worms. Culture
- A nutritious substance supplied by a bountiful Providence for the fattening of the poor. Bountiful
- Responsibility, n. A detachable burden easily shifted to the shoulders of God, Fate, Fortune, Luck or one's neighbor. In the days of astrology it was… Astrology
- A leech who, having penetrated the shell of a turtle only to find that the creature has long been dead, deems it expedient to form… Attachment
- A person of greater enterprise than discretion, who in embracing an opportunity has formed an unfortunate attachment. Attachment
- REPRESENTATIVE, n. In national politics, a member of the Lower House in this world, and without discernible hope of promotion in the next. Discernible
- Disobey n:To celebrate with an appropriate ceremony the maturity of a command Appropriate
- Here's to woman! Would that we could fold into her arms without falling into her hands. Arms
- LOGANIMITY, n. The disposition to endure injury with meek forbearance while maturing a plan of revenge. Disposition
- Electricity is the power that causes all natural phenomena not known to be caused by something else All
- Woman absent is woman dead. Absence
- Every patriot believes his country better than any other country . . . In its active manifestation-it is fond of killing-patriotism would be well enough… Active
- A malefactor who atones for making your writing nonsense by permitting the compositor to make it unintelligible. Atones
- Adolescence: A stage between infancy and adultery. Adolescence
- An old wine-bibber having been smashed in a railway collision, some wine was poured on his lips to revive him. Been
- WINE, n.Fermented grape-juice known to the Women's Christian Union as "liquor," sometimes as "rum." Wine, madam, is God's next best gift to man. Best
- Definition: CONNOISSEUR, n. A specialist who knows everything about something and nothing about anything else. Anything Else
- Wine, madam, is God's next best gift to man. Best
- To seek a justification for a decision already made. Already Made
- Economy, n. Purchasing the barrel of whiskey that you do not need for the price of the cow that you cannot afford. Afford
- The quality that distinguishes love without knowledge. Definitions
- A system of pitfalls thoughtfully prepared for the feet for the self-made man, along the path by which he advances to distinction. Advances