#de

All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusions is called a philosopher. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#called #delusions #his #lunatics #philosopher

Amnesty, n. The state's magnanimity to those offenders whom it would be too expensive to punish. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#expensive #magnanimity #offenders #punish #state

Consult: To seek approval for a course of action already decided upon. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#already #approval #consult #course #decided

Deliberation, n.: The act of examining one's bread to determine which side it is buttered on. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#bread #buttered #deliberation #determine #examining

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. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#appear #appears #art #color #eloquence

Duty - that which sternly impels us in the direction of profit, along the line of desire. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#desire #direction #duty #impels #line

The sea heaves up, hangs loaded o'er the land, Breaks there, and buries its tumultuous strength. ↗

— Robert Browning

#buries #hangs #land #loaded #sea

It is evident that skepticism, while it makes no actual change in man, always makes him feel better. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#always #better #change #evident #feel

I never said all Democrats were saloonkeepers. What I said was that all saloonkeepers are Democrats. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#i #never #said #were

The hardest tumble a man can make is to fall over his own bluff. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#fall #hardest #his #make #man