More quotes by Ambrose Bierce

"Lottery: A tax on people who are bad at math."
"You don't have to be stupid to be a Christian, ... but it probably helps."
"The covers of this book are too far apart."
"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."
"Photograph: a picture painted by the sun without instruction in art."