Ambrose Bierce Quotes

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

Opposition: In politics the party that prevents the Government from running amuck by hamstringing it.

Peace: In international affairs, a period of cheating between two periods of fighting.

Beauty: The power by which a woman charms a lover and terrifies a husband.

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

Death is not the end. There remains the litigation over the estate.

History: An account mostly false, of events mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers mostly knaves, and soldiers mostly fools.

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

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