Ambrose Bierce

Jealous, adj. Unduly concerned about the preservation of that which can be lost only if…

The best thing to do with the best things in life is to give them…

Women in love are less ashamed than men. They have less to be ashamed of…

Clairvoyant, n.: A person, commonly a woman, who has the power of seeing that which…

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

It is evident that skepticism, while it makes no actual change in man, always makes…

Land: A part of the earth’s surface, considered as property. The theory that land is…

War is God’s way of teaching Americans geography…

Dawn: When men of reason go to bed…

Liberty: One of Imagination’s most precious possessions…

Sabbath – a weekly festival having its origin in the fact that God made the world…

Vote: the instrument and symbol of a freeman’s power to make a fool of himself…

Positive, adj.: Mistaken at the top of one’s voice…

Litigant. A person about to give up his skin for the hope of retaining his…

To apologize is to lay the foundation for a future offense…