Ambrose Bierce Quotes About Taxes

• Lottery: A tax on people who are bad at math.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Inspirational, Money, Math

• TARIFF, n. A scale of taxes on imports, designed to protect the domestic producer against the greed of his consumer.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Greed, Tariffs, Scales

  Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.217, 谷月社

• A lottery is a tax on stupidity.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Stupidity, Taxes, Lottery

• Justice is a commodity which in a more or less adulterated condition the State sells to the citizen as a reward for his allegiance, taxes and personal service.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Justice, Rewards, Citizens

  Ambrose Bierce (2006). “Terror by Night: Classic Ghost and Horror Stories”, p.9, Wordsworth Editions

• OUT-OF-DOORS, n. That part of one's environment upon which no government has been able to collect taxes. Chiefly useful to inspire poets.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Fun, Inspiration, Government

  Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.176, University of Georgia Press

• Houseless: Having paid all taxes on household goods.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Taxes, Goods, Household

  Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.113, University of Georgia Press

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