Ambrose Bierce Pigs Quotations

PIG, n. An animal ("Porcus omnivorus") closely allied to the human race by the splendor and vivacity of its appetite, which, however, is inferior in scope, for it sticks at pig.

Reverence for the Supreme Being, based upon His supposed resemblance to man. The pig is taught by sermons and epistles / To think the God of Swine has snout and bristles.

TRICHINOSIS, n. The pig's reply to proponents of porcophagy.

PRESIDENCY, n. The greased pig in the field game of American politics.

Litigation: A machine which you go into as a pig and come out of as a sausage.

In each human heart are a tiger, a pig, an ass and a nightingale. Diversity of character is due to their unequal activity.