Quotes by Ambrose Bierce

Congratulations is the civility of envy.

#Praise

Pray, v.: To ask that the laws of the universe be annulled on behalf of...

#Prayer

Patience, n. A minor form of dispair, disguised as a virtue.

#Patience

Patriotism is as fierce as a fever, pitiless as the grave, blind as a stone,...

#Patriotism

I believe we shall come to care about people less and less. The more people...

#People

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

#Perseverance

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

#Philosophy

Capital Punishment, a penalty regarding the justice and expediency of which many worthy persons -...

#Death And Dying, #Punishment

Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public...

#Politics

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

#Democracy, #Politics

Romance is the fiction that owes no allegiance to the God of things as they...

#Romance

Revolution is an abrupt change in the form of misgovernment.

#Revolution