HOMICIDE, n. The slaying of one human being by another. Ther... - Ambrose Bierce, The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary

"HOMICIDE, n. The slaying of one human being by another. There arefour kinds of homicide: felonious, excusable, justifiable, andpraiseworthy, but it makes no great difference to the person slainwhether he fell by one kind or another -- the classification is foradvantage of the lawyers."

Share this quote

More quotes by Ambrose Bierce, The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary

"NIHILIST, n. A Russian who denies the existence of anything but Tolstoi. The leader of the school is Tolstoi."
— Ambrose Bierce, The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary Read More
"Hash, x. There is no definition for this word - nobody knows what hash is.Famous, adj. Conspicuously miserable.Dictionary, n. A malevolent literary device for cramping the growth of a language and making it hard and inelastic. This dictionary, however, is a most useful work."
— Ambrose Bierce, The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary Read More
"Redemption, n. Deliverance of sinners from the penalty of their sin through their murder of the deity against whom they sinned. The doctrine of Redemption is the fundamental mystery of our holy religions, and whoso believeth in it shall not perish, but have everlasting life in which to try to understand it."
— Ambrose Bierce, The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary Read More
"Faith, n. Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge, of things without parallel."
— Ambrose Bierce, The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary Read More
"Quotation, n: The act of repeating erroneously the words of another."
— Ambrose Bierce, The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary Read More