Ambrose Bierce Quotes
Consider the following quotes by Ambrose Bierce:
"There is nothing new under the sun but there are lots of old things we don't know."
"To be positive: To be mistaken at the top of one's voice."
"Acquaintance, n.: A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to."
"Admiration, n.: Our polite recognition of another's resemblance to ourselves."
"Absurdity, n.: A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one's own opinion."
"Barometer, n.: An ingenious instrument which indicates what kind of weather we are having."
"Cabbage: A familiar kitchen garden vegetable about as large and wise as a man's head."
"Calamities are of two kinds: misfortunes to ourselves, and good fortune to others."
"Brain: an apparatus with which we think we think."
"Bore, n.: A person who talks when you wish him to listen."
"Cogito cogito ergo cogito sum (I think that I think, therefore I think that I am.)"
"In our civilization, and under our republican form of government, intelligence is so highly "