Convent – a place of retirement for women who wish for leisure to meditate upon the sin of idleness.
Convent – a place of retirement for women who wish for leisure to meditate upon the sin of idleness.
Author: Ambrose Bierce
Who never doubted never half believed. Where doubt is there truth is – it is her shadow.
Who never doubted never half believed. Where doubt is there truth is – it is her shadow.
Friendless. Having no favors to bestow. Destitute of fortune. Addicted to utterance of truth and common sense.
Friendless. Having no favors to bestow. Destitute of fortune. Addicted to utterance of truth and common sense.
Doubt indulged and cherished is in danger of becoming denial but if honest and bent on thorough investigation it may soon lead to full establishment of the truth.
Doubt indulged and cherished is in danger of becoming denial but if honest and bent on thorough investigation it may soon lead to full establishment of the truth.
Day n. A period of twenty-four hours mostly misspent.
Day n. A period of twenty-four hours mostly misspent.
Inventor: A person who makes an ingenious arrangement of wheels levers and springs and believes it civilization.
Inventor: A person who makes an ingenious arrangement of wheels levers and springs and believes it civilization.
Telephone n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distance.
Telephone n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distance.
Perseverance – a lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves an inglorious success.
Perseverance – a lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves an inglorious success.
Success is the one unpardonable sin against our fellows.
Success is the one unpardonable sin against our fellows.
Academe n.: An ancient school where morality and philosophy were taught. Academy n.: A modern school where football is taught.
Academe n.: An ancient school where morality and philosophy were taught. Academy n.: A modern school where football is taught.
Land: A part of the earth's surface considered as property. The theory that land is property subject to private ownership and control is the foundation of modern society and is eminently worthy of the superstructure.
Land: A part of the earth's surface considered as property. The theory that land is property subject to private ownership and control is the foundation of modern society and is eminently worthy of the superstructure.
Mayonnaise: One of the sauces which serve the French in place of a state religion.
Mayonnaise: One of the sauces which serve the French in place of a state religion.