Ambrose Bierce Quotes

  • Laziness. Unwarranted repose of manner in a person of low degree.Upload to Facebook
    Laziness. Unwarranted repose of manner in a person of low degree.
    ~ Ambrose Bierce
  • Bride: A woman with a fine prospect of happiness behind her.Upload to Facebook
    Bride: A woman with a fine prospect of happiness behind her.
    ~ Ambrose Bierce
  • Love, n. A temporary insanity curable by marriage.Upload to Facebook
    Love, n. A temporary insanity curable by marriage.
    ~ Ambrose Bierce
  • Appeal: In law, to put the dice into the box for another throw.Upload to Facebook
    Appeal: In law, to put the dice into the box for another throw.
    ~ Ambrose Bierce
  • Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.Upload to Facebook
    Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.
    ~ Ambrose Bierce
  • Faith and belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge, of things without parallel.Upload to Facebook
    Faith and belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge, of things without parallel.
    ~ Ambrose Bierce
  • Vote: The instrument and symbol of a freeman's power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his country.Upload to Facebook
    Vote: The instrument and symbol of a freeman's power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his country.
    ~ Ambrose Bierce
  • Admiration: Our polite recognition of another's resemblance to ourselves.Upload to Facebook
    Admiration: Our polite recognition of another's resemblance to ourselves.
    ~ Ambrose Bierce
  • Jealous: Unduly concerned about the preservation of that which can be lost only if not worth keeping.Upload to Facebook
    Jealous: Unduly concerned about the preservation of that which can be lost only if not worth keeping.
    ~ Ambrose Bierce
  • Politeness. The most acceptable hypocrisy.Upload to Facebook
    Politeness. The most acceptable hypocrisy.
    ~ Ambrose Bierce
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