Ambrose Bierce Statements, aphorisms, quotes by Ambrose Bierce – 158 total
Witticism. A sharp and clever remark, usually quoted and seldom noted; what the Philistine is pleased to call a joke.
Wit - the salt with which the American humorist spoils his intellectual cookery by leaving it out.
Who never doubted, never half believed. Where doubt is, there truth is - it is her shadow.
What this country needs what every country needs occasionally is a good hard bloody war to revive the vice of patriotism on which its existence as a nation depends.
What is a democrat? One who believes that the republicans have ruined the country. What is a republican? One who believes that the democrats would ruin the country.
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