Quotes by Bierce, Ambrose

Politeness -- The most acceptable hypocrisy. >>

Corporation. An ingenious device for obtaining individual profit witho >>

Compromise. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each >>

Quotations about Marriage

If I ever marry it will be on a sudden impulse, as a man shoots himsel >>

The marriage state, with and without the affection suitable to it, is >>

I hate to be a failure. I hate and regret the failure of my marriages. >>

The world has suffered more from the ravages of ill-advised marriages than from virginity.

Bierce, Ambrose