Ambrose Bierce Quotes

Lottery: A tax on people who are bad at math.
Ambrose Bierce, 06/24/1842 - US author

You are not permitted to kill a woman who has wronged you, but nothing forbids you to reflect that she is growing older every minute. You are avenged 1440 times a day.
Ambrose Bierce

Day: A period of twenty-four hours, mostly misspent.
Ambrose Bierce

Egotist: A person of low taste, more interested in himself than in me.
Ambrose Bierce

Diplomacy: The patriotic art of lying for one's country.
Ambrose Bierce

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