Forgetfulness - a gift of God bestowed upon debtors in compensation for their destitution of conscience.

Quote by Ambrose Bierce

Topics: Ambrose Bierce Quotes

Experience is a revelation in the light of which we renounce our errors of youth...

Experience is a revelation in the light of which we renounce our errors of youth...

Acquaintance. A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough...

Acquaintance. A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough...

What this country needs what every country needs occasionally is a good hard bloody war...

What this country needs what every country needs occasionally is a good hard bloody war...

ZANY, n. A popular character in old Italian plays, who imitated with ludicrous incompetence the...

ZANY, n. A popular character in old Italian plays, who imitated with ludicrous incompetence the...

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

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

Genealogy, n. An account of one's descent from a man who did not particularly care...

Genealogy, n. An account of one's descent from a man who did not particularly care...

Painting, n.: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather, and exposing them to...

Painting, n.: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather, and exposing them to...

Immortality: A toy which people cry for, And on their knees apply for, Dispute, contend...

Immortality: A toy which people cry for, And on their knees apply for, Dispute, contend...

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

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

Who never doubted, never half believed. Where doubt is, there truth is - it is...

Who never doubted, never half believed. Where doubt is, there truth is - it is...

Impiety, n.: Your irreverence toward my deity.

Impiety, n.: Your irreverence toward my deity.

Philosophy: A route of many roads leading from nowhere to nothing.

Philosophy: A route of many roads leading from nowhere to nothing.

Love: A temporary insanity curable by marriage.

Love: A temporary insanity curable by marriage.

Who never doubted, never half believed. Where doubt is, there truth is - it is...

Who never doubted, never half believed. Where doubt is, there truth is - it is...

I never said all Democrats were saloonkeepers. What I said was that all saloonkeepers are...

I never said all Democrats were saloonkeepers. What I said was that all saloonkeepers are...

Bore: a person who talks when you wish him to listen.

Bore: a person who talks when you wish him to listen.

Vote: the instrument and symbol of a freeman's power to make a fool of himself...

Vote: the instrument and symbol of a freeman's power to make a fool of himself...

Experience - the wisdom that enables us to recognise in an undesirable old acquaintance the...

Experience - the wisdom that enables us to recognise in an undesirable old acquaintance the...

Learning, n. The kind of ignorance distinguishing the studious.

Learning, n. The kind of ignorance distinguishing the studious.

Compromise, n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary the satisfaction of...

Compromise, n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary the satisfaction of...