The Devil's Dictionary Quotes.

1. "Education, n. That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding."
- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary

2. "Christian, n.: one who believes that the New Testament is a divinely inspired book admirably suited to the spiritual needs of his neighbor."
- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary

3. "Impiety, n. Your irreverence toward my deity."
- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary

4. "Self-evident, adj. Evident to one's self and to nobody else."
- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary

5. "Bigamy, n. A mistake in taste for which the wisdom of the future will adjudge a punishment called trigamy."
- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary

6. "RELIGION, n. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable."
- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary

7. "BEAUTY, n. The power by which a woman charms a lover and terrifies a husband."
- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary

8. "Consult, v.t. To seek another’s approval of a course already decided on. Contempt, n. The feeling of a prudent man for an enemy who is too formidable safely to be opposed."
- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary

9. "Aborigines, n. Persons of little worth found cumbering the soil of a newly discovered country. They soon cease to cumber; they fertilize."
- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary

10. "BACCHUS, n. A convenient deity invented by the ancients as an excuse for getting drunk."
- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary