Present, n. That part of eternity dividing the domain of disappointment from the realm of hope. – Ambrose Bierce
Inventor: A person who makes an ingenious arrangement of wheels, levers and springs, and believes it civilization. – Ambrose Bierce

Present, n. That part of eternity dividing the domain of disappointment from the realm of hope. – Ambrose Bierce
Inventor: A person who makes an ingenious arrangement of wheels, levers and springs, and believes it civilization. – Ambrose Bierce
Meekness: Uncommon patience in planning a revenge that is worth while. – Ambrose Bierce
Mayonnaise: One of the sauces which serve the French in place of a state religion. – Ambrose Bierce
I was never one to patiently pick up broken fragments and glue them together again and tell myself that the mended whole was as good as new. What is broken is broken – and Id rather remember it as it was at its best than mend it and see the broken places as long as I lived. – Margaret Mitchell