Ambrose Bierce

Age--that period of life in which we compound for the vices that we still cherish by reviling those that we read more

Age--that period of life in which we compound for the vices that we still cherish by reviling those that we no longer have the enterprise to commit.

... the instrument and symbol of a freeman's power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his read more

... the instrument and symbol of a freeman's power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his country.

Destiny. A tyrant's authority for crime and a fool's excuse for failure.

Destiny. A tyrant's authority for crime and a fool's excuse for failure.

Christian: one who believes that the New Testament is a divinely inspired book admirably suited to the spiritual needs of read more

Christian: one who believes that the New Testament is a divinely inspired book admirably suited to the spiritual needs of his neighbors.

Compromise. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary the satisfaction of thinking he has got what he read more

Compromise. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary the satisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and is deprived of nothing except what was justly his due.