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

Quote by Ambrose Bierce

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The future is that period of time in which our affairs prosper, our friends are...

The future is that period of time in which our affairs prosper, our friends are...

A revolution, in politics, is an abrupt change in the form of misgovernment. The substitution...

A revolution, in politics, is an abrupt change in the form of misgovernment. The substitution...

Education, n.: That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack...

Education, n.: That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack...

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...

IGNORAMUS, n. A person unacquainted with certain kinds of knowledge familiar to yourself, and having...

IGNORAMUS, n. A person unacquainted with certain kinds of knowledge familiar to yourself, and having...

A man is known by the company he organizes.

A man is known by the company he organizes.

MALTHUSIAN, adj. Pertaining to Malthus and his doctrines. Malthus believed in artificially limiting population, but...

MALTHUSIAN, adj. Pertaining to Malthus and his doctrines. Malthus believed in artificially limiting population, but...

Impiety. Your irreverence toward my deity.

Impiety. Your irreverence toward my deity.

SCRIPTURES, n. The sacred books of our holy religion, as distinguished from the false and...

SCRIPTURES, n. The sacred books of our holy religion, as distinguished from the false and...

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...

Childhood: the period of human life intermediate between the idiocy of infancy and the folly...

Childhood: the period of human life intermediate between the idiocy of infancy and the folly...

Admiration, n. Our polite recognition of another's resemblance to ourselves.

Admiration, n. Our polite recognition of another's resemblance to ourselves.

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.

All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusion is called a philosopher.

All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusion is called a philosopher.

Cynic, n: a blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they...

Cynic, n: a blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they...

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...

LOVE, n. A temporary insanity curable by marriage or by removal of the patient from...

LOVE, n. A temporary insanity curable by marriage or by removal of the patient from...

Age: that period of life in which we compound for the vices that we still...

Age: that period of life in which we compound for the vices that we still...

King David and King Solomon Led merry, merry lives, With many, many lady friends And...

King David and King Solomon Led merry, merry lives, With many, many lady friends And...

There is absolutely nothing to be said in favour of growing old. There ought to...

There is absolutely nothing to be said in favour of growing old. There ought to...

The most important function of the university in an age of reason is to protect...

The most important function of the university in an age of reason is to protect...