More quotes by Ambrose Bierce

"Religion. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable."
"Wit - the salt with which the American humorist spoils his intellectual cookery by leaving it out."
"The covers of this book are too far apart."
"Painting, n.: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather, and exposing them to the critic."
"Success is the one unpardonable sin against our fellows."