1,237 Quotes by Ambrose Bierce

REDRESS, n. Reparation without satisfaction.

PANTOMIME, n. A play in which the story is told without violence to the language. The least disagreeable form of dramatic action.

Optimist – A proponent of the doctrine that black is white.

OUTCOME, n. A particular type of disappointment . . . . judged by the outcome, the result. This is immortal nonsense; the wisdom of an act is to be juded by the light that the doer had when he performed it.

Bigot: One who is obstinately and zealously attached to an opinion that you do not entertain.

Scriptures - The sacred books of our holy religion, as distinguished from the false and profane writings on which all other faiths are based.

MISCREANT, n. A person of the highest degree of unworth. Etymologically, the word means unbeliever, and its present signification may be regarded as theology's noblest contribution to the development of our language.

MULTITUDE, n. A crowd; the source of political wisdom and virtue. In a republic, the object of the statesman's adoration.

Here's to woman! Would that we could fold into her arms without falling into her hands.