ambrose bierce Quotes

All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusion is called a philosopher.

- Ambrose Bierce, The Collected Writings Of Ambrose Bierce

Lawsuit: A machine which you go into as a pig and come out of as a sausage.

- Ambrose Bierce

Perseverance - a lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves an inglorious success.

- Ambrose Bierce

Sweater, n.: garment worn by child when its mother is feeling chilly.

- Ambrose Bierce

You scoundrel, you have wronged me," hissed the philosopher, "May you live forever!

- Ambrose Bierce, A Cynic Looks at Life by Ambrose Bierce, Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, Classics

Men become civilized, not in proportion to their willingness to believe, but in proportion to their readiness to doubt.

- Ambrose Bierce

When you doubt, abstain.

- Ambrose Bierce

To apologize is to lay the foundation for a future offense.

- Ambrose Bierce

Success is the one unpardonable sin against our fellows.

- Ambrose Bierce

Education, n.: That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding.

- Ambrose Bierce

You focus on telling stories,
we do everything else.