1,237 Quotes by Ambrose Bierce

It is evident that skepticism, while it makes no actual change in man, always makes him feel better.

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 a new attachment to a fresh turtle.

Finance is the art or science of managing revenues and resources for the best advantage of the manager

CLOCK, n. A machine of great moral value to man, allaying his concern for the future by reminding him what a lot of time remains to him.

pleasure, n. The least hateful form of dejection.

SATIETY, n. The feeling that one has for the plate after he has eaten its contents, madam.

KISS, n. A word invented by the poets as a rhyme for "bliss." It is supposed to signify, in a general way, some kind of rite or ceremony appertaining to a good understanding; but the manner of its performance is unknown to this lexicographer.

Creditor. One of a tribe of savages dwelling beyond the Financial Straits and dreaded for their desolating incursions.

A person of greater enterprise than discretion, who in embracing an opportunity has formed an unfortunate attachment.