More quotes by Ambrose Bierce

"Religion. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable."
"Lottery: A tax on people who are bad at math."
"Logic: The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with the limitations and incapacities of the human misunderstanding."
"Painting, n.: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather, and exposing them to the critic."
"Mayonnaise: One of the sauces which serve the French in place of a state religion."