Ambrose Bierce ( 10 of 103 )
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.
A prejudice is a vagrant opinion without visible means of support.
A prejudice is a vagrant opinion without visible means of support.
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.
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.
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.
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 patriotic art of lying for one's country.
... the patriotic art of lying for one's country.
Optimist: a proponent of the doctrine that black is white.
Optimist: a proponent of the doctrine that black is white.
