Bier Quotes


You are not permitted to kill a woman who has injured you, but nothing forbids you to reflect that she is growing older every minute. You are avenged 1440 times a day. - Ambrose Bierce



YOKE, n. An implement, madam, to whose Latin name, _jugum_, we owe one of the most illuminating words in our language --a word that defines the matrimonial situation with precision, point and poignancy. A thousand apologies for withholding it. - Ambrose Bierce



YEAR, n. A period of three hundred and sixty-five disappointments. - Ambrose Bierce



YANKEE, n. In Europe, an American. In the Northern States of our Union, a New Englander. In the Southern States the word is unknown.
(See DAMNYANK.)
- Ambrose Bierce



WORSHIP, n. Homo Creator's testimony to the sound construction and fine finish of Deus Creatus. A popular form of abjection, having an element of pride. - Ambrose Bierce



WORMS'-MEAT, n. The finished product of which we are the raw material. - Ambrose Bierce



Work: a dangerous disorder affecting high public functionaries who want to go fishing. - Ambrose Bierce



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



Women and foxes, being weak, are distinguished by superior tact. - Ambrose Bierce



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