Childhood: the period of human life intermediate between the idiocy of infancy and the folly of youth - two removes from the sin of manhood and three from the remorse of age.
Ambrose BierceClarinet n. An instrument of torture operated by a person with cotton in his ears. There are two instruments worse than a clarinet โ two clarinets.
Ambrose BierceChristian - One who follows the teachings of Christ insofar as they are not inconsistent with a life of sin.
Ambrose Bierce