Ambrose Bierce Quotes

Accident, n. An inevitable occurrence due to the action of immutable natural laws.

body is better.

Rum, n. Generically, fiery liquors that produce madness in total abstainers.

Absurdity, n.: A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one’s own opinion.

Abstainer, n. A weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure. A total abstainer is one who abstains from everything but abstention, and especially from inactivity in the affairs of others.

Absentee, n.: A person with an income who has had the forethought to remove himself from the sphere of exaction.

Ability, n. The natural equipment to accomplish some small part of the meaner ambitions distinguishing able men from dead ones. In the last analysis ability is commonly found to consist mainly in a high degree of solemnity.