Deliberation, n.: The act of examining one’s bread to determine which side it is buttered on. Ambrose Bierce Read Quote
Heaven lies about us in our infancy and the world begins lying about us pretty soon afterward. Ambrose Bierce Read Quote
I never said all Democrats were saloonkeepers. What I said was that all saloonkeepers are Democrats. Ambrose Bierce Read Quote
Men become civilized, not in proportion to their willingness to believe, but in proportion to their readiness to doubt. Ambrose Bierce Read Quote
Calamities are of two kinds: misfortunes to ourselves, and good fortune to others. Ambrose Bierce Read Quote
Litigant. A person about to give up his skin for the hope of retaining his bones. Ambrose Bierce Read Quote
Belladonna, n.: In Italian a beautiful lady; in English a deadly poison. A striking example of the essential identity of the two tongues. Ambrose Bierce Read Quote
