Responsibility, n. A detachable burden easily shifted to the shoulders of God, Fate, Fortune, Luck or one's neighbor. In the days of astrology it was…

- Ambrose Bierce

actually, adv. Perhaps; possibly.

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What is worth doing is worth the trouble of asking somebody to do it.

- Ambrose Bierce

There is nothing new under the sun but there are lots of old things we don't know.

- Ambrose Bierce

Dawn: When men of reason go to bed.

- Ambrose Bierce

Democracy is four wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch.

- Ambrose Bierce

Idiot, n. A member of a large and powerful tribe whose influence in human affairs has always been dominant and controlling.

- Ambrose Bierce

Custard: A detestable substance produced by a malevolent conspiracy of the hen, the cow, and the cook.

- Ambrose Bierce

A revolution is a violent change of mismanagement.

- Ambrose Bierce