1,237 Quotes by Ambrose Bierce

SATIRE, n. An obsolete kind of literary composition in which the vices and follies of the author's enemies were expounded with imperfect tenderness.

Abscond - to move in a mysterious way, commonly with the property of another.

DIGESTION, n. The conversion of victuals into virtues. When the process is imperfect, vices are evolved instead - a circumstance from which that wicked writer, Dr. Jeremiah Blenn, infers that the ladies are the greater sufferers from dyspepsia.

REASON, n. Propensitate of prejudice.

A king's staff of office, the sign and symbol of his authority. It was originally a mace with which the sovereign admonished his jester and vetoed ministerial measures by breaking the bones of their proponents.

Cannon: An instrument used in the rectification of national boundaries.

Youth looks forward, for nothing is behind! Age backward, for nothing is before.

A man is known by the company he organizes.

Don't steal; thou'lt never thus compete successfully in business. Cheat.