Incompatibility. In matrimony a similarity of tastes, particularly the taste for domination. Ambrose Bierce Read Quote
It is evident that skepticism, while it makes no actual change in man, always makes him feel better. Ambrose Bierce Read Quote
Jealous, adj. Unduly concerned about the preservation of that which can be lost only if not worth keeping. Ambrose Bierce Read Quote
Ambition. An overmastering desire to be vilified by enemies while living and made ridiculous by friends when dead. Ambrose Bierce Read Quote
Fork: An instrument used chiefly for the purpose of putting dead animals into the mouth. Ambrose Bierce Read Quote
Compromise, n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary the satisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and is deprived of nothing except what was justly his due. Ambrose Bierce Read Quote
Convent – a place of retirement for women who wish for leisure to meditate upon the sin of idleness. Ambrose Bierce Read Quote
Debt, n. An ingenious substitute for the chain and whip of the slavedriver. Ambrose Bierce Read Quote
