Curiosity, n. An objectionable quality of the female mind. The desire to know whether or not a woman is cursed with curiosity is one of the most active and insatiable passions of the masculine soul. Ambrose Bierce activecuriositycurse Change image and share on social
Photograph: a picture painted by the sun without instruction in art. Ambrose Bierce artinstructionpaint Change image and share on social
We submit to the majority because we have to. But we are not compelled to call our attitude of subjection a posture of respect. Ambrose Bierce attitudecallcompel Change image and share on social
I never said all Democrats were saloonkeepers. What I said was that all saloonkeepers are Democrats. Ambrose Bierce democratsaloonkeepers Change image and share on social
Admiration, n. Our polite recognition of another's resemblance to ourselves. Ambrose Bierce admirationpoliterecognition Change image and share on social
Erudition - dust shaken out of a book into an empty skull. Ambrose Bierce bookdustempty Change image and share on social
Edible, adj.: 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. Ambrose Bierce adjdigesteat Change image and share on social
Childhood: the period of human life intermediate between the idiocy of infancy and the folly of youth - two removes from the sin of manhood and three from the remorse of age. Ambrose Bierce agechildhoodfolly Change image and share on social
Future. That period of time in which our affairs prosper, our friends are true and our happiness is assured. Ambrose Bierce affairassurefriend Change image and share on social
Compromise, n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary the satisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and is deprived of nothing except what was justly his due. Ambrose Bierce adjustmentadversarycompromise share on social
