Alliance - in international politics, the union of two thieves who have their hands so deeply inserted in each other's pockets that they cannot separately plunder a third.

— Ambrose Bierce

AMNESTY, n. The state's magnanimity to those offenders whom it would be too expensive to punish.

— Ambrose Bierce

Apologize: To lay the foundation for a future offense.

— Ambrose Bierce

Apologize v: to lay the foundation for a future offense.

— Ambrose Bierce

A popular author is one who writes what the people think. Genius invites them to think something else.

— Ambrose Bierce

Appeal in law: to put the dice into the box for another throw.

— Ambrose Bierce

Ardor, n. The quality that distinguishes love without knowledge.

— Ambrose Bierce

ARMOR, n. The kind of clothing worn by a man whose tailor is a blacksmith.

— Ambrose Bierce

A statesman who is enamored of existing evils as distinguished from the Liberal who wishes to replace them with others.

— Ambrose Bierce

Beauty, n: the power by which a woman charms a lover and terrifies a husband.

— Ambrose Bierce