Quotes by Bierce, Ambrose

Creditor. One of a tribe of savages dwelling beyond the Financial Stra >>

Abscond. To move in a mysterious way, commonly with the property of an >>

Incompatibility. In matrimony a similarity of tastes, particularly the >>

Quotations about Alliances

All who think cannot but see there is a sanction like that of religion >>

I think that a young state, like a young virgin, should modestly stay >>

Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations; entangling all >>

Alliance. In international politics, the union of two thieves who have their hands so deeply inserted in each other's pockets that they cannot separately plunder a third.

Bierce, Ambrose