Quotes by Bierce, Ambrose

Deliberation. The act of examining one's bread to determine which side >>

Consul. In American politics, a person who having failed to secure an >>

Truth -- An ingenious compound of desirability and appearance. >>

Quotations about Laughter

We are a nation that has always gone in for the loud laugh, the wow, t >>

No man who has once heartily and wholly laughed can be altogether irre >>

That is the saving grace of humor, if you fail no one is laughing at y >>

Laughter -- An interior convulsion, producing a distortion of the features and accompanied by inarticulate noises. It is infectious and, though intermittent, incurable.

Bierce, Ambrose