Quotes by Bierce, Ambrose

Patience. A minor form of despair disguised as a virtue. >>

The act of repeating erroneously the words of another. >>

A coward is one who in a perilous emergency thinks with his legs. >>

Quotations about Jokes and Jokers

The average man is proof enough that a woman can take a joke. >>

I gleaned jests at home from obsolete farces. >>

His hilarity was like a scream from a crevasse. >>

Witticism. A sharp and clever remark, usually quoted and seldom noted; what the Philistine is pleased to call a joke.

Bierce, Ambrose