Ambrose Bierce
  • Logic: The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with the limitations and incapacities of the human misunderstanding.

  • Eloquence, n. The art of orally persuading fools that white is the color that it appears to be. It includes the gift of making any color appear white.

  • We submit to the majority because we have to. But we are not compelled to call our attitude of subjection a posture of respect.

  • Beauty, n: the power by which a woman charms a lover and terrifies a husband.

  • The best thing to do with the best things in life is to give them up.