Heaven: A place where the wicked cease from troubling you with talk of their personal affairs, and the good listen with attention while you expound on yours

Quote by Ambrose Bierce

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Curiosity, n. An objectionable quality of the female mind. The desire to know whether or...

Curiosity, n. An objectionable quality of the female mind. The desire to know whether or...

PALMISTRY, n. The 947th method (according to Mimbleshaw's classification) of obtaining money by false pretences....

PALMISTRY, n. The 947th method (according to Mimbleshaw's classification) of obtaining money by false pretences....

Politeness is the most acceptable hypocrisy

Politeness is the most acceptable hypocrisy

Success is the one unpardonable sin against our fellows.

Success is the one unpardonable sin against our fellows.

Doubt is the father of invention.

Doubt is the father of invention.

Acquaintance is a degree of friendship called slight when its object is poor and obscure,...

Acquaintance is a degree of friendship called slight when its object is poor and obscure,...

Wit - the salt with which the American humorist spoils his intellectual cookery by leaving...

Wit - the salt with which the American humorist spoils his intellectual cookery by leaving...

Brain: an apparatus with which we think we think.

Brain: an apparatus with which we think we think.

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

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

Positive, adj.: Mistaken at the top of one's voice.

Positive, adj.: Mistaken at the top of one's voice.

In our civilization, and under our republican form of government, intelligence is so highly honored...

In our civilization, and under our republican form of government, intelligence is so highly honored...

Dawn: When men of reason go to bed.

Dawn: When men of reason go to bed.

ARISTOCRACY, n. Government by the best men. (In this sense the word is obsolete; so...

ARISTOCRACY, n. Government by the best men. (In this sense the word is obsolete; so...

HYPOCRITE, n. One who, profession virtues that he does not respect secures the advantage of...

HYPOCRITE, n. One who, profession virtues that he does not respect secures the advantage of...

Opportunity is a favorable occasion for grasping a disappointment

Opportunity is a favorable occasion for grasping a disappointment

Congratulations is the civility of envy.

Congratulations is the civility of envy.

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.

The covers of this book are too far apart.

The covers of this book are too far apart.

Edible, adj.: Good to eat, and wholesome to digest, as a worm to a toad,...

Edible, adj.: Good to eat, and wholesome to digest, as a worm to a toad,...

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...