1,237 Quotes by Ambrose Bierce

ENOUGH, pro. All there is in the world if you like it.

Learning, n. The kind of ignorance distinguishing the studious.

PLENIPOTENTIARY, adj. Having full power. A Minister Plenipotentiary is a diplomatist possessing absolute authority on condition that he never exert it.

DELUGE, n. A notable first experiment in baptism which washed away the sins (and sinners) of the world.

I believe we shall come to care about people less and less. The more people one knows the easier it becomes to replace them. It's one of the curses of London.

Miss, n. A title which we brand unmarried women to indicate that they are in the market.

RUMOR, n. A favorite weapon of the assassins of character.

Dog - a kind of additional or subsidiary Deity designed to catch the overflow and surplus of the world's worship.

COMPULSION, n. The eloquence of power.