Quotes by Bierce, Ambrose

Patriotism. Combustible rubbish ready to the torch of any one ambitiou >>

Conservative. A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distin >>

Consult. To seek another's approval of a course already decided on. >>

Quotations about Enthusiasm

Nothing is so contagious as enthusiasm. >>

It is energy -- the central element of which is will -- that produces >>

No virtue is safe that is not enthusiastic. >>

Enthusiasm. A distemper of youth, curable by small doses of repentance in connection with outward applications of experience.

Bierce, Ambrose