LAOCOON, n. A famous piece of antique scripture representing a priest of that name and his two sons in the folds of two enormous serpents. The skill and diligence with which the old man and lads support the serpents and…

Quote by Ambrose Bierce

Topics: Intelligence Quotes

Incompatibility. In matrimony a similarity of tastes, particularly the taste for domination.

Incompatibility. In matrimony a similarity of tastes, particularly the taste for domination.

Amnesty, n. The state's magnanimity to those offenders whom it would be too expensive to...

Amnesty, n. The state's magnanimity to those offenders whom it would be too expensive to...

Spring beckons! All things to the call respond; the trees are leaving and cashiers abscond.

Spring beckons! All things to the call respond; the trees are leaving and cashiers abscond.

Mayonnaise: One of the sauces which serve the French in place of a state religion.

Mayonnaise: One of the sauces which serve the French in place of a state religion.

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 (In this sense the word is obsolete; so...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 (In this sense the word is obsolete; so...

Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo

Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo

Dog - a kind of additional or subsidiary Deity designed to catch the overflow and...

Dog - a kind of additional or subsidiary Deity designed to catch the overflow and...

Ambidextrous, adj.: Able to pick with equal skill a right-hand pocket or a left.

Ambidextrous, adj.: Able to pick with equal skill a right-hand pocket or a left.

A person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks...

A person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks...

Belladonna, n.: In Italian a beautiful lady; in English a deadly poison. A striking example...

Belladonna, n.: In Italian a beautiful lady; in English a deadly poison. A striking example...

I think love is the most unbelievable, and critical, thing in civilization. Everything else is...

I think love is the most unbelievable, and critical, thing in civilization. Everything else is...

Egotism, n: Doing the New York Times crossword puzzle with a pen.

Egotism, n: Doing the New York Times crossword puzzle with a pen.

Tariff: a scale of taxes on imports, designed to protect the domestic producer against the...

Tariff: a scale of taxes on imports, designed to protect the domestic producer against the...

FORMA PAUPERIS. [Latin] In the character of a poor person --a method by which a...

FORMA PAUPERIS. [Latin] In the character of a poor person --a method by which a...

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...

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...

Bigot: One who is obstinately and zealously attached to an opinion that you do not...

Bigot: One who is obstinately and zealously attached to an opinion that you do not...

Famous, adj.: Conspicuously miserable.

Famous, adj.: Conspicuously miserable.

Fame is what you have taken, character is what you give; when to this truth...

Fame is what you have taken, character is what you give; when to this truth...

Fame is not just. She never finely or discriminatingly praises, but coarsely hurrahs.

Fame is not just. She never finely or discriminatingly praises, but coarsely hurrahs.