Ambrose Bierce ( 10 of 103 )
Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo
Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo
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.
Women and foxes, being weak, are distinguished by superior tact.
Women and foxes, being weak, are distinguished by superior tact.
RECREATION, n. A particular kind of dejection to relieve a general fatigue.
RECREATION, n. A particular kind of dejection to relieve a general fatigue.
Love: A temporary insanity curable by marriage.
Love: A temporary insanity curable by marriage.
ALLIANCE, n. In international politics, the union of two thieves who have their hands so deeply inserted in each other's read more
ALLIANCE, n. In international politics, the union of two thieves who have their hands so deeply inserted in each other's pockets that they cannot separately plunder a third.
DIPLOMACY, n. Lying in state, or the patriotic art of lying for one's country.
DIPLOMACY, n. Lying in state, or the patriotic art of lying for one's country.
Forgetfulness. A gift of God bestowed upon debtors in compensation for their destitution of conscience.
Forgetfulness. A gift of God bestowed upon debtors in compensation for their destitution of conscience.
Acquaintance is a degree of friendship called slight when its object is poor and obscure, and intimate when he is read more
Acquaintance is a degree of friendship called slight when its object is poor and obscure, and intimate when he is rich and famous.
QUEEN, n. A woman by whom the realm is ruled when there is a king, and through whom it is read more
QUEEN, n. A woman by whom the realm is ruled when there is a king, and through whom it is ruled when there is not.
