Ambrose Bierce Quotes

PILGRIM, n. A traveler that is taken seriously. A Pilgrim Father was one who, leaving Europe in 1620 because not permitted to sing psalms through his nose, followed it to Massachusetts, where he could personate God according to the dictates of his conscience.

- Ambrose Bierce

Tags

Pilgrim | Traveler | Father | Leaving | Europe |

comments powered by Disqus

Random

Marriage is the state or condition of a community consisting of a master, a mistress and two slaves, making in all, two. - Ambrose Bierce

ABSENTEE, n. A person with an income who has had the forethought to remove himself from the sphere of exaction. - Ambrose Bierce