Quotes by Ambrose Bierce
“A popular author is one who writes what the people think. Genius invites them to think something else.”— Ambrose Bierce
“Edible: Good to eat, and wholesome to digest, as a worm to a toad, a toad to a snake, a snake to a pig, a pig to a man, and a man to a worm.”— Ambrose Bierce
“Happiness, n. An agreeable sensation arising from contemplating the misery of another.”— Ambrose Bierce
“Eloquence: The art of orally persuading fools that white is the color that it appears to be.”— Ambrose Bierce
“Corporation: An ingenious device for obtaining individual profit without individual responsibility.”— Ambrose Bierce
“Dentist: A prestidigitator who, putting metal into your mouth, pulls coins out of your pocket.”— Ambrose Bierce
“Alliance: 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.”— Ambrose Bierce
“Logic: The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with the limitations and incapacities of the human misunderstanding.”— Ambrose Bierce
“An acquaintance is a person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to.”— Ambrose Bierce
“Idiot: A member of a large and powerful tribe whose influence in human affairs has always been dominant and controlling.”— Ambrose Bierce
“Connoisseur: A specialist who knows everything about something and nothing about anything else.”— Ambrose Bierce