Free Ambrose Bierce A wedding is a ceremony at which two persons undertake to become one, one undertakes to become nothing, and nothing undertakes to become supportable. CynicalMarriagePeoplePersonSupport
Free Ambrose Bierce Conservative, n: A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal who wishes to replace them with others. CriticalCynicalIdeologyJudgmentPolitics
Free Ambrose Bierce An election is nothing more than the advanced auction of stolen goods. AdvantageCynicalElectionGoodStolen
Free Aldous Huxley Wherever the choice has had to be made between the man of reason and the madman, the world has unhesitatingly followed the madman. ConformityCynicalDisappointedLeadershipMadnessReason
Free Ambrose Bierce Year: A period of three hundred and sixty-five disappointments. CynicalDisappointmentExpectationTime
Free Ambrose Bierce History is an account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers, mostly fools. CynicalFakeFoolsHistoryImportantRule
Free Ambrose Bierce Love: A temporary insanity curable by marriage. CynicalInfatuationLoveMarriageWry
Free Ambrose Bierce Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage. CriticalCynicalIntegrityInterestsPolitics
Free Ambrose Bierce Patience, n. A minor form of dispair, disguised as a virtue. CynicalDisguisedPatienceVirtue
Free Alexander Pope Women use lovers as they do cards; they play with them a while, and when they have got all they can by them, throw them away, call for new ones, and then perhaps lose by the new all they got by the old ones. CynicalLoseLovePlayRelationshipWomen
