Free Alexander Pope The people’s voice is odd, It is, and it is not, the voice of God. DemocracyJudgmentOpinionQuestioningWry
Free Aldous Huxley Sons have always a rebellious wish to be disillusioned by that which charmed their fathers. DisillusionmentGenerationsIdentityRebellionReflectiveWry
Free Ambrose Bierce Logic: The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with the limitations and incapacities of the human misunderstanding. HumilityLogicReasonSkepticalWry
Free Aldous Huxley Single-mindedness is all very well in cows or baboons; in an animal claiming to belong to the same species as Shakespeare, it is simply disgraceful. ChallengingCreativityCuriosityHumanityVersatilityWry
Free Ambrose Bierce Edible, adj.: Good to eat, and wholesome to digest, as a worm to a toad, a toad to a snake, a snake to a pig, a pig to a man, and a man to a worm. FoodMacabreNaturePerspectiveWry
Free Ambrose Bierce LIFE, n. A spiritual pickle preserving the body from decay. We live in daily apprehension of its loss; yet when lost it is not missed. LifeMacabremortalitySatireWry
Free Ambrose Bierce Perseverance – a lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves an inglorious success. AveragePerseveranceSuccessVirtueWry
Free Ambrose Bierce Absurdity, n.: A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one’s own opinion. BeliefBiasChallengingJudgmentWry
Free Ambrose Bierce PAIN, n. An uncomfortable frame of mind that may have a physical basis in something that is being done to the body, or may be purely mental, caused by the good fortune of another. EmotionEnvyPainReflectiveWry
Free Alexander Pope Words are like Leaves; and where they most abound, Much Fruit of Sense beneath is rarely found. BrevityClarityCriticalWritingWry
Free Ambrose Bierce Mad, adj. Affected with a high degree of intellectual independence. ConformityDefiantIndependencethoughtWry
Free Alexander Pope What some call health, if purchased by perpetual anxiety about diet, isn’t much better than tedious disease. AnxietyFoodHealthSickWry
Free Alexander Pope Conceit is to nature what paint is to beauty; it is not only needless, but it impairs what it would improve. BeautifulImprovementNatureWry
Free Ambrose Bierce RATIONAL, adj. Devoid of all delusions save those of observation, experience and reflection. HumilityKnowledgeReasonSkepticalWry
