An optimist is a proponent of the doctrine that black is white. – Ambrose Bierce
Irreligion – the principal one of the great faiths of the world. – Ambrose Bierce

An optimist is a proponent of the doctrine that black is white. – Ambrose Bierce
Irreligion – the principal one of the great faiths of the world. – Ambrose Bierce
Witticism. A sharp and clever remark, usually quoted and seldom noted; what the Philistine is pleased to call a joke. – Ambrose Bierce
Before undergoing a surgical operation, arrange your temporal affairs. You may live. – Ambrose Bierce