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Ambrose Bierce Quotes

American - Journalist | June 24, 1842 - 1914

Debt, n. An ingenious substitute for the chain and whip of the slavedriver.

Debt Chain Whip Ingenious Substitute

Abscond - to move in a mysterious way, commonly with the property of another.

Way Mysterious Property Move Another

Jealous, adj. Unduly concerned about the preservation of that which can be lost only if not worth keeping.

Jealousy Jealous Worth Lost Only

The hardest tumble a man can make is to fall over his own bluff.

Man Fall Over Own Hardest Make

Doubt is the father of invention.

Father Imagination Doubt Invention

Admiral. That part of a warship which does the talking while the figurehead does the thinking.

Thinking Talking Part Which Does

Architect. One who drafts a plan of your house, and plans a draft of your money.

Money Plan House Plans Draft Your

Fidelity - a virtue peculiar to those who are about to be betrayed.

Virtue Peculiar Fidelity Who Those

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

Experience Youth Small Enthusiasm

Admiration, n. Our polite recognition of another's resemblance to ourselves.

Recognition Admiration Our Ourselves

Egotist: a person more interested in himself than in me.

Me Person More Interested Than

Liberty: One of Imagination's most precious possessions.

Imagination Liberty Possessions Most

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