A bride is a woman with a fine prospect of happiness behind her.

Quote by Ambrose Bierce

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Laughter is an interior convulsion, producing a distortion of the features and accompanied by inarticulate...

Laughter is an interior convulsion, producing a distortion of the features and accompanied by inarticulate...

Opportunity is a favorable occasion for grasping a disappointment.

Opportunity is a favorable occasion for grasping a disappointment.

TOMB, n. The House of Indifference. Tombs are now by common consent invested with a...

TOMB, n. The House of Indifference. Tombs are now by common consent invested with a...

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

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

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

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

Ocean: A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man -...

Ocean: A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man -...

Beauty, n: the power by which a woman charms a lover and terrifies a husband.

Beauty, n: the power by which a woman charms a lover and terrifies a husband.

Sabbath - a weekly festival having its origin in the fact that God made the...

Sabbath - a weekly festival having its origin in the fact that God made the...

Enthusiasm - a distemper of youth, curable by small doses of repentance in connection with...

Enthusiasm - a distemper of youth, curable by small doses of repentance in connection with...

War is God's way of teaching Americans geography.

War is God's way of teaching Americans geography.

The covers of this book are too far apart.

The covers of this book are too far apart.

ARENA, n. In politics, an imaginary rat-pit in which the statesman wrestles with his record.

ARENA, n. In politics, an imaginary rat-pit in which the statesman wrestles with his record.

Revolution, n. In politics, an abrupt change in the form of misgovernment.

Revolution, n. In politics, an abrupt change in the form of misgovernment.

Fidelity - a virtue peculiar to those who are about to be betrayed.

Fidelity - a virtue peculiar to those who are about to be betrayed.

Anoint, v.: To grease a king or other great functionary already sufficiently slippery.

Anoint, v.: To grease a king or other great functionary already sufficiently slippery.

Politeness is the most acceptable hypocrisy

Politeness is the most acceptable hypocrisy

ADVICE, n. The smallest current coin. The man was in such deep distress, Said Tom,...

ADVICE, n. The smallest current coin. The man was in such deep distress, Said Tom,...

SAFETY-CLUTCH, n. A mechanical device acting automatically to prevent the fall of an elevator, or...

SAFETY-CLUTCH, n. A mechanical device acting automatically to prevent the fall of an elevator, or...

Concentration is the secret of strengths in politics, in war, in trade, in short in...

Concentration is the secret of strengths in politics, in war, in trade, in short in...

If you have embraced a creed which appears to be free from the ordinary dirtiness...

If you have embraced a creed which appears to be free from the ordinary dirtiness...