More quotes by Ambrose Bierce

"Wit - the salt with which the American humorist spoils his intellectual cookery by leaving it out."
"You don't have to be stupid to be a Christian, ... but it probably helps."
"Photograph: a picture painted by the sun without instruction in art."
"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."
"The covers of this book are too far apart."