Quotes By Ambrose Bierce

The small part of ignorance that we arrange and classify we give the name of knowledge. by Ambrose Bierce

Irreligion - the principal one of the great faiths of the world. by Ambrose Bierce

Painting, n.: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather, and exposing them to the critic. by Ambrose Bierce

Photograph: a picture painted by the sun without instruction in art. by Ambrose Bierce

Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret. by Ambrose Bierce

The best thing to do with the best things in life is to give them up. by Ambrose Bierce

Prescription: A physician's guess at what will best prolong the situation with least harm to the patient. by Ambrose Bierce

Corporation: An ingenious device for obtaining profit without individual responsibility. by Ambrose Bierce

The gambling known as business looks with austere disfavor upon the business known as gambling. by Ambrose Bierce

It is evident that skepticism, while it makes no actual change in man, always makes him feel better. by Ambrose Bierce

Death is not the end. There remains the litigation over the estate. by Ambrose Bierce

Eulogy. Praise of a person who has either the advantages of wealth and power, or the consideration to be dead. by Ambrose Bierce