Ambrose Bierce

Patriotism. Combustible rubbish ready to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name…

Day, n. A period of twenty-four hours, mostly misspent…

Ardor, n. The quality that distinguishes love without knowledge…

Architect. One who drafts a plan of your house, and plans a draft of your…

Doubt, indulged and cherished, is in danger of becoming denial but if honest, and bent…

Painting, n.: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather, and exposing them to…

Edible – good to eat and wholesome to digest, as a worm to a toad, a…

Logic: The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with the limitations and incapacities…

Happiness: an agreeable sensation arising from contemplating the misery of another…

History is an account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant, which are brought about by…

Religion. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable…

The slightest acquaintance with history shows that powerful republics are the most warlike and unscrupulous…

Meekness: Uncommon patience in planning a revenge that is worth while…

Consul – in American politics, a person who having failed to secure an office from the…

In our civilization, and under our republican form of government, intelligence is so highly honored…