Destiny: A tyrants authority for crime and a fools excuse for failure. – Ambrose Bierce
Patience: A minor form of despair disguised as a virtue. – Ambrose Bierce

Destiny: A tyrants authority for crime and a fools excuse for failure. – Ambrose Bierce
Patience: A minor form of despair disguised as a virtue. – Ambrose Bierce
The small part of ignorance that we arrange and classify we give the name of knowledge. – Ambrose Bierce
Optimism. The doctrine or belief that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly. – Ambrose Bierce