More From Ambrose Bierce
- "Prescription: A physician’s guess at what will best prolong the situation with least harm to the patient."
- "Jealous, adj. Unduly concerned about the preservation of that which can be lost only if not worth keeping."
- "Academe, n.: An ancient school where morality and philosophy were taught. Academy, n.: A modern school where football is taught."
More In God
- "There’s too much tendency to attribute to God the evils that man does of his own free will."― Agatha Christie
- "I just want to do God’s will. And he’s allowed me to go to the mountain. And I’ve looked over, and I’ve seen the promised land! I may not get there with you, but I want you to know tonight that we as a people will get to the promised land."― Martin Luther King, Jr.
- "God’s dice always have a lucky roll."― Sophocles