An optimist is a proponent of the doctrine that black is white. – Ambrose Bierce
Coward: One who, in a perilous emergency, thinks with his legs. – Ambrose Bierce

An optimist is a proponent of the doctrine that black is white. – Ambrose Bierce
Coward: One who, in a perilous emergency, thinks with his legs. – Ambrose Bierce
Conservative. A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from a Liberal, who wishes to replace them with others. – Ambrose Bierce
Absurdity. A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with ones own opinion. – Ambrose Bierce