Quotes by Ambrose Bierce

Day, n. A period of twenty-four hours, mostly misspent.

Future. That period of time in which our affairs prosper, our friends are true and our happiness is assured.

Doubt, indulged and cherished, is in danger of becoming denial but if honest, and bent on thorough investigation, it may soon lead to full establishment of the truth.

Friendless. Having no favors to bestow. Destitute of fortune. Addicted to utterance of truth and common sense.

Who never doubted, never half believed. Where doubt is, there truth is - it is her shadow.

War is God's way of teaching Americans geography.

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.

Bride: A woman with a fine prospect of happiness behind her.

Experience - the wisdom that enables us to recognise in an undesirable old acquaintance the folly that we have already embraced.

Women in love are less ashamed than men. They have less to be ashamed of.