Strive not for singularity in dress; Fools have the more and men of sense the less. To look original is not worth while, But be in mind a little out of style. Ambrose Bierce More Quotes by Ambrose Bierce More Quotes From Ambrose Bierce Brain, v. [as in "to brain"]: To rebuke bluntly, but not pointedly; to dispel a source of error in an opponent. Ambrose Bierce opponents errors brain The liberality of one who has much, in permitting one who has nothing to get all that he can. Ambrose Bierce liberality No country is so wild and difficult but men will make it a theater of war. Ambrose Bierce men war country Coronation: The ceremony of investing a sovereign with the outward and visible signs of his divine right to be blown skyhigh with a dynamite bomb. Ambrose Bierce divine-right investing bombs MAGNETISM, n. Something acting upon a magnet. The two definitions immediately foregoing are condensed from the works of one thousand eminent scientists, who have illuminated the subject with a great white light, to the inexpressible advancement of human knowledge. Ambrose Bierce light two science Income is the natural and rational gauge and measure of respectability. Ambrose Bierce gauges income natural A popular writer writes about what people think. A wise writer offers them something to think about. Ambrose Bierce wise writing thinking At war with savages and idiots. To be a Frenchman abroad is to be miserable; to be an American abroad is to make others miserable. Ambrose Bierce savages idiot war Finance is the art or science of managing revenues and resources for the best advantage of the manager Ambrose Bierce finance advantage art Dentist: a prestidigitator who, putting metal into your mouth, pulls coin out of your pocket. Ambrose Bierce pockets funny science IMPOSTOR n. A rival aspirant to public honors. Ambrose Bierce rivals honor Crowned with leaves of the laurel. In England the Poet Laureate is an officer of the sovereign's court, acting as dancing skeleton at every royal feast and singing-mute at every royal funeral. Ambrose Bierce skeletons funeral dancing APHORISM, n. Predigested wisdom. The flabby wine-skin of his brain Yields to some pathologic strain, And voids from its unstored abysm The driblet of an aphorism. "The Mad Philosopher," 1697 Ambrose Bierce yield mad wine Noise: a stench in the ear. Ambrose Bierce silence ears noise PLEBEIAN, n. An ancient Roman who in the blood of his country stained nothing but his hands. Distinguished from the Patrician, who was a saturated solution. Ambrose Bierce country hands blood One engaged in a commercial pursuit. A commercial pursuit is one in which the thing pursued is a dollar. Ambrose Bierce engaged pursuit dollars The Senate is a body of old men charged with high duties and misdemeanors. Ambrose Bierce congress body men A penny saved is a penny to squander. Ambrose Bierce thrift saved pennies Road, n. A strip of land along which one may pass from where it is too tiresome to be to where it is futile to go. Ambrose Bierce land journey travel Miss, n. A title which we brand unmarried women to indicate that they are in the market. Ambrose Bierce titles women missing
