Quotes Ambrose Bierce

Property, n.  Any material thing, having no parti...

Labor:  One of the processes by which A acquires ...

Sweater, n.:  garment worn by child when its moth...

Sweater, n.:  garment worn by child when its moth...

Dawn:  When men of reason go to bed. ...

Mad, adj.:  Affected with a high degree of intell...

Responsibility, n.  A detachable burden easily sh...

Embalm, v.:  To cheat vegetation by locking...

The gambling known as business looks with austere disf...

Calamities are of two kinds:  misfortune to ourse...

Marriage, n:  The state or condition of a communi...

Mammon, n.:  The god of the world's leading relig...

Brandy, n.  A cordial composed of one part thunde...

Edible, adj.:  Good to eat, and wholesome to dige...

Custard:  A detestable substance produced by a ma...

Logic:  The art of thinking and reasoning in stri...

Reconsider, v.  To seek a justification for a dec...

Speak when you are angry and you will make the best sp...

Aphorism, n.:  Predigested wisdom. ...

Destiny: A tyrant's authority for crime and a fool's e...

Sweater, n.:  garment worn by child when its moth...

Mammon, n.:  The god of the world's leading relig...

Telephone, n.  An invention of the devil which ab...

Photograph:  a picture painted by the sun without...

Infidel:  In New York, one who does not believe i...