Top 15 Ambrose Bierce Quotes

Love, n. A temporary insanity curable by marriage.

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

The covers of this book are too far apart.

Quotation, n: The act of repeating erroneously the words of another.

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

Egotist, n. A person of low taste, more interested in himself than in me.

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

Patience, n. A minor form of despair, disguised as a virtue

Pray, v. To ask that the laws of the universe be annulled in behalf of a single petitioner, confessedly unworthy.

Selfish, adj. Devoid of consideration for the selfishness of others.

Ocean, n. A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man — who has no gills.

Lottery: A tax on people who are bad at math.

Cynic, n. A blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are not as they ought to be.

Faith, n. Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge, of things without parallel.

Scriptures, n. The sacred books of our holy religion, as distinguished from the false and profane writings on which all other faiths are based.