Ambrose Bierce (2)

Alliance: In international politics, the
union of two thieves who have their hands
so deeply inserted in each other's pocket
that they cannot separately plunder a third.
- Ambrose Bierce

Orthography: The science of spelling
by the eye instead of the ear.
- Ambrose Bierce

All are lunatics, but he who can analyze
his delusion is called a philosopher.
- Ambrose Bierce

Historian: A broad-gauge gossip.
- Ambrose Bierce

Hand: A singular instrument worn at
the end of the human arm and commonly
thrust into somebody's pocket.
- Ambrose Bierce

Marriage: The state or condition of a community consisting
of a master, a mistress and two slaves, making in all, two.
- Ambrose Bierce