1,237 Quotes by Ambrose Bierce

Impiety. Your irreverence toward my deity.

Friendless. Having no favors to bestow. Destitute of fortune. Addicted to utterance of truth and common sense.

MONARCHICAL GOVERNMENT, n. Government.

DECALOGUE, n. A series of commandments, ten in number - just enough to permit an intelligent selection for observance, but not enough to embarrass the choice.

POETRY, n. A form of expression peculiar to the Land beyond the Magazines.

Education, n.: That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding.

MAGNETISM, n. Something acting upon a magnet. The two definitions immediately foregoing are condensed from the works of one thousand eminent scientists, who have illuminated the subject with a great white light, to the inexpressible advancement of human knowledge.

RECOUNT, n. In American politics, another throw of the dice, accorded to the player against whom they are loaded.

Alliance - in international politics, the union of two thieves who have their hands so deeply inserted in each other's pockets that they cannot separately plunder a third.