Irreligion – the principal one of the great faiths of the world. – Ambrose Bierce
Destiny: A tyrants authority for crime and a fools excuse for failure. – Ambrose Bierce

Irreligion – the principal one of the great faiths of the world. – Ambrose Bierce
Destiny: A tyrants authority for crime and a fools excuse for failure. – Ambrose Bierce
Duty. That which sternly impels us in the direction of profit, along the line of desire. – Ambrose Bierce
The small part of ignorance that we arrange and classify we give the name of knowledge. – Ambrose Bierce
Taste is only to be educated by contemplation, not of the tolerably good but of the truly excellent. I therefore show you only the best works; and when you are grounded in these, you will have a standard for the rest, which you will know how to value, without overrating them. – Johann von Goethe