REVELATION, n. A famous book in which St. John the Divine concealed all that he knew. The revealing is done by the commentators, who know nothing.

Quote by Ambrose Bierce

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PRESIDENCY, n. The greased pig in the field game of American politics.

PRESIDENCY, n. The greased pig in the field game of American politics.

Eloquence, n. The art of orally persuading fools that white is the color that it...

Eloquence, n. The art of orally persuading fools that white is the color that it...

Mad, adj. Affected with a high degree of intellectual independence.

Mad, adj. Affected with a high degree of intellectual independence.

The covers of this book are too far apart.

The covers of this book are too far apart.

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...

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

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

BRAIN, n. An apparatus with which we think what we think. That which distinguishes the...

BRAIN, n. An apparatus with which we think what we think. That which distinguishes the...

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.

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...

Love is a temporary insanity curable by marriage or by removal of the patient from...

Love is a temporary insanity curable by marriage or by removal of the patient from...

Habit is a shackle for the free.

Habit is a shackle for the free.

Alien - an American sovereign in his probationary state.

Alien - an American sovereign in his probationary state.

Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo

Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo

Battle, n., A method of untying with the teeth a political knot that would not...

Battle, n., A method of untying with the teeth a political knot that would not...

MUMMY, n. An ancient Egyptian, formerly in universal use among modern civilized nations as medicine,...

MUMMY, n. An ancient Egyptian, formerly in universal use among modern civilized nations as medicine,...

Historian - a broad-gauge gossip.

Historian - a broad-gauge gossip.

Success is the one unpardonable sin against our fellows.

Success is the one unpardonable sin against our fellows.

Religion: A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable.

Religion: A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable.

Let your religion be less of a theory and more of a love affair.

Let your religion be less of a theory and more of a love affair.

My religiosity consists in a humble admiration of the infinitely superior spirit that reveals itself...

My religiosity consists in a humble admiration of the infinitely superior spirit that reveals itself...