Ambrose Bierce ( 10 of 103 )
Birth: The first and direst of all disasters.
Birth: The first and direst of all disasters.
Painting, n.: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather, and exposing them to the critic.
Painting, n.: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather, and exposing them to the critic.
Success is the one unpardonable sin against our fellows.
Success is the one unpardonable sin against our fellows.
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.
... the patriotic art of lying for one's country.
... the patriotic art of lying for one's country.
When you are ill make haste to forgive your enemies, for you may recover.
When you are ill make haste to forgive your enemies, for you may recover.
Optimism. The doctrine or belief that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly.
Optimism. The doctrine or belief that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly.
Patience: A minor form of despair disguised as a virtue.
Patience: A minor form of despair disguised as a virtue.
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.
Optimist: a proponent of the doctrine that black is white.
Optimist: a proponent of the doctrine that black is white.
