Ambrose Bierce ( 10 of 103 )
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.
Success is the one unpardonable sin against our fellows.
Success is the one unpardonable sin against our fellows.
... the patriotic art of lying for one's country.
... the patriotic art of lying for one's 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.
Birth: The first and direst of all disasters.
Birth: The first and direst of all disasters.
To be positive: to be mistaken at the top of one's voice.
To be positive: to be mistaken at the top of one's voice.
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.
Advice: the smallest current coin.
Advice: the smallest current coin.
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.
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.
