Ambrose Bierce Quotes & Sayings (Page 9)

“Edible - good to eat and wholesome to digest, as a worm to a toad, a toad to a snake, a snake to a pig, a pig to a man, and a man to a worm.”

“Egotist: a person more interested in himself than in me.”

“Who never doubted, never half believed. Where doubt is, there truth is - it is her shadow.”

“Consult: To seek approval for a course of action already decided upon.”

“A person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks of his enemies and bear arms agains himself. He makes his failure certain by himself being the first person to be convinced of it.”

“Deliberation, n.: The act of examining one's bread to determine which side it is buttered on.”

“Destiny: A tyrant's authority for crime and a fool's excuse for failure.”

“Erudition - dust shaken out of a book into an empty skull.”

“Rum, n. Generically, fiery liquors that produce madness in total abstainers.”

“Witticism. A sharp and clever remark, usually quoted and seldom noted; what the Philistine is pleased to call a joke.”