Home » Quote » Ambrose Bierce » „Capital, n. The seat of misgovernment.“ „Capital, n. The seat of misgovernment.“ — Ambrose Bierce Related quotes „SHOEBURYNESS (abs. n.) The vague uncomfortable feeling you get when sitting on a seat which is still warm from somebody else's bottom“ — Douglas Adams „Capitalism is being attacked not because it is inefficient or misgoverned but because it is cynical. And indeed a society based on the assertion that private vices become public benefits cannot endure, no matter how impeccable its logic, no matter how great its benefits.“ — Peter F. Drucker „Academe, n.: An ancient school where morality and philosophy were taught. Academy, n.: A modern school where football is taught.“ — Ambrose Bierce „nOthIng cansurPassthe mySteRyofstilLness“ — E.E. Cummings „Congratulation, n. The civility of envy.“ — Ambrose Bierce „White, adj. and n. Black.“ — Ambrose Bierce „Accord, n. Harmony.“ — Ambrose Bierce „Non-combatant, n. A dead Quaker.“ — Ambrose Bierce „Politeness, n. The most acceptable hypocrisy.“ — Ambrose Bierce „Virtues, n. pl. Certain abstentions.“ — Ambrose Bierce „The head is the seat of intelligence. The heart is the seat of emotion. Both have to work in cooperation with the body.“ — B.K.S. Iyengar