The act of repeating erroneously the words of another. – Ambrose Bierce
Prescription: A physicians guess at what will best prolong the situation with least harm to the patient. – Ambrose Bierce
The act of repeating erroneously the words of another. – Ambrose Bierce
Prescription: A physicians guess at what will best prolong the situation with least harm to the patient. – Ambrose Bierce
Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage. – Ambrose Bierce
In each human heart are a tiger, a pig, an ass and a nightingale. Diversity of character is due to their unequal activity. – Ambrose Bierce
The apothegm is the most portable form of Truth…. It is thus that the proverb answers where the sermon fails, as a well-charged pistol will do more execution than a whole barrel of gunpowder idly expended in the air. – William Gilmore Simms, Egeria: Or, Voices of Thought and Counsel for the Woods a