1,237 Quotes by Ambrose Bierce

Cogito cogito ergo cogito sum – “I think that I think, therefore I think that I am;” as close an approach to certainty as any philosopher has yet made.

KING, n. A male person commonly known in America as a “crowned head,” although he never wears a crown and has usually no head to speak of.

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

Childhood: the period of human life intermediate between the idiocy of infancy and the folly of youth – two removes from the sin of manhood and three from the remorse of age.

Optimism – the doctrine or belief that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly.

Take not God’s name in vain; select a time when it will have effect.

READING, n. The general body of what one reads. In our country it consists, as a rule, of Indiana novels, short stories in “dialect” and humor in slang.

A rabbit’s foot may bring good luck to you, but it brought none to the rabbit.

Historian – a broad-gauge gossip.