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Ambrose Bierce Quotes

«Bigot: One who is obstinately and zealously attached to an opinion that you do not entertain.»
«ACCOMPLICE, n. One associated with another in a crime, having guilty knowledge and complicity, as an attorney who defends a criminal, knowing him guilty. This view of the attorney's position in the matter has not hitherto commanded the assent of attorneys, no one having offered them a fee for assenting.»
«Academy: A modern school where football is taught.»
«POSTERITY, n. An appellate court which reverses the judgment of a popular author's contemporaries, the appellant being his obscure competitor.»
«MEEKNESS, n. Uncommon patience in planning a revenge that is worth while.M is for Moses, Who slew the Egyptian. As sweet as a rose is The meekness of Moses. No monument shows his Post-mortem inscription, But M is for Moses Who slew the Egyptian. --_The Biographical Alphabet_»
«MESMERISM, n. Hypnotism before it wore good clothes, kept a carriage and asked Incredulity to dinner.»
«PERIPATETIC, adj. Walking about. Relating to the philosophy of Aristotle, who, while expounding it, moved from place to place in order to avoid his pupil's objections. A needless precaution --they knew no more of the matter than he.»
«OUT-OF-DOORS, n. That part of one's environment upon which no government has been able to collect taxes. Chiefly useful to inspire poets.»
«Habit is a shackle for the free.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce (Editor, Journalist, Writer) | About: Habit | Keywords: shackle, shackled
«Bore: a person who talks when you wish him to listen.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce (Editor, Journalist, Writer) | About: Boredom | Keywords: talks