More quotes by Ambrose Bierce

"In our civilization, and under our republican form of government, intelligence is so highly honored that it is rewarded by exemption from the cares of office."
"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."
"Photograph: a picture painted by the sun without instruction in art."
"Painting, n.: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather, and exposing them to the critic."