Ambrose Bierce Quotes :: Daily SMS Maza

Categories

Location | Home >> Quotes SMS >> Author Wise Quotes >> Ambrose Bierce Quotes

Ambrose Bierce Quotes 976

POETRY, n. A form of expression peculiar to the Land beyond the Magazines.

Admin

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Ambrose Bierce Quotes , Expression Quotes , Land Quotes

Suddenly to change one's opinions and go over to another party. The most notable flop on record was that of Saul of Tarsus, who has been severely criticised as a turn-coat by some of our partisan journals.

Admin

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Ambrose Bierce Quotes , Change Quotes , Art Quotes

WRATH, n. Anger of a superior quality and degree, appropriate to exalted characters and momentous occasions; as, "the wrath of God," "the day of wrath," etc. . . .

Admin

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Ambrose Bierce Quotes , Character Quotes , Wrath Quotes

PARDON, v. To remit a penalty and restore to the life of crime. To add to the lure of crime the temptation of ingratitude.

Admin

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Ambrose Bierce Quotes , Life Quotes , Temptation Quotes

CUNNING, n. The faculty that distinguishes a weak animal or person from a strong one. It brings its possessor much mental satisfaction and great material adversity. An Italian proverb says: "The furrier gets the skins of more foxes than asses."

Admin

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Ambrose Bierce Quotes , Strong Quotes , Adversity Quotes

HOSPITALITY, n. The virtue which induces us to feed and lodge certain persons who are not in need of food and lodging.

Admin

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Ambrose Bierce Quotes , Food Quotes , Cooking Quotes

Christian, n.: one who believes that the New Testament is a divinely inspired book admirably suited to the spiritual needs of his neighbor.

Admin

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Ambrose Bierce Quotes , Faith Quotes , Christian Quotes

I think love is the most unbelievable, and critical, thing in civilization. Everything else is very mechanical and predictable, but love, you can't catch it.

Admin

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Ambrose Bierce Quotes , Love You Quotes , Love Is Quotes

OYSTER, n. A slimy, gobby shellfish which civilization gives men the hardihood to eat without removing its entrails! The shells are sometimes given to the poor.

Admin

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Ambrose Bierce Quotes , Food Quotes , Men Quotes

Insurrection. An unsuccessful revolution; disaffection's failure to substitute misrule for bad government.

Admin

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Ambrose Bierce Quotes , Success Quotes , Failure Quotes

LAST, n. A shoemaker's implement, named by a frowning Providence as opportunity to the maker of puns.

Admin

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Ambrose Bierce Quotes , Opportunity Quotes , Frowning Quotes

Happiness is lost by criticizing it; sorrow by accepting it.

Admin

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Ambrose Bierce Quotes , Sorrow Quotes , Accepting Quotes

PALACE, n. A fine and costly residence, particularly that of a great official. The residence of a high dignitary of the Christian Church is called a palace; that of the Founder of his religion was known as a field, or wayside. There is progress.

Admin

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Ambrose Bierce Quotes , Christian Quotes , Religion Quotes

PHONOGRAPH, n. An irritating toy that restores life to dead noises.

Admin

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Ambrose Bierce Quotes , Life Quotes , Noise Quotes

Future. That period of time in which our affairs prosper, our friends are true and our happiness is assured.

Admin

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Ambrose Bierce Quotes , Friendship Quotes , Happiness Quotes

Monsieur Franqulin, inventor of electricity. This illustrious savant, after having made several voyages around the world, died on the Sandwich Islands and was devoured by savages, of whom not a single fragment was ever recovered.

Admin

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Ambrose Bierce Quotes , Islands Quotes , Savages Quotes