Quotes by : Ambrose Bierce

Heathen n. A beknighted creature who has the folly to worship something that he can see and feel.

Admiration: Our polite recognition of another man's resemblance to ourselves.

To be positive: to be mistaken at the top of one's voice.

A popular author is one who writes what the people think. Genius invites them to think something else.....

Our polite recognition of another's resemblance to ourselves.

Fear has no brains it is an idiot. The dismal witness that it bears and the cowardly counsel that it....

Men become civilized, not in proportion to their willingness to believe, but in proportion to their readiness....

Selfish, adj. Devoid of consideration for the selfishness of others.

Deep sadness is an artist of powers that affects people in different ways. To one it comes like the stroke....

Revolution, n. In politics, an abrupt change in the form of misgovernment.