Cunning, n. The faculty that distinguishes a weak animal or person from a strong one. It brings its possessor much mental satisfaction and great material adversity. An Italian proverb says: “The furrier gets the skins of more foxes than asses.”
Ambrose Bierce Quotes
Opiate, n. An unlocked door in the prison of Identity. It leads into the jail yard.
Apothecary, n. The physician’s accomplice, undertaker’s benefactor and grave-worm’s provider.
Dramatist, n. One who adapts plays from the French.
Pantomime, n. A play in which the story is told without violence to the language. The least disagreeable form of dramatic action.
The most affectionate creature in the world is a wet dog.
Prescription, n. A physician’s guess at what will best prolong the situation with least harm to the patient.
Diagnosis, n. A physician’s forecast of the disease by the patient’s pulse and purse.
Gout, n. A physician’s name for the rheumatism of a rich patient.
Physician, n. One upon whom we set our hopes when ill and our dogs when well.
