Maxioms by Ambrose Bierce
Calamities are of two kinds. Misfortune to ourselves, and good fortune to others.
Calamities are of two kinds. Misfortune to ourselves, and good fortune to others.
Experience is a revelation in the light of which we renounce our errors of youth for those of age.
Experience is a revelation in the light of which we renounce our errors of youth for those of age.
ECCENTRICITY, n. A method of distinction so cheap that fools employ it to accentuate their incapacity.
ECCENTRICITY, n. A method of distinction so cheap that fools employ it to accentuate their incapacity.
WRATH, n. Anger of a superior quality and degree, appropriate to exalted characters and momentous occasions; as, "the wrath of read more
WRATH, n. Anger of a superior quality and degree, appropriate to exalted characters and momentous occasions; as, "the wrath of God," "the day of wrath," etc. . . .
HOSPITALITY, n. The virtue which induces us to feed and lodge certain persons who are not in need of food read more
HOSPITALITY, n. The virtue which induces us to feed and lodge certain persons who are not in need of food and lodging.
