1118 Quotations by Ambrose Bierce
- 341. FICKLENESS, n. The iterated satiety of an enterprising affection.
- 342. FIDDLE, n. An instrument to tickle human ears by friction of a horse's tail on the entrails of a cat ...
- 343. FIDELITY, n. A virtue peculiar to those who are about to be betrayed.
- 344. Fidelity. A virtue peculiar to those who are about to be betrayed.
- 345. FINANCE, n. The art or science of managing revenues and resources for the best advantage of the mana ...
- 346. FLAG, n. A colored rag borne above troops and hoisted on forts and ships. It appears to serve the sa ...
- 347. FLESH, n. The Second Person of the secular Trinity.
- 348. FLOP, v. Suddenly to change one's opinions and go over to another party. The most notable flop on re ...
- 349. FLY-SPECK, n. The prototype of punctuation. It is observed by Garvinus that the systems of punctuati ...
- 350. FOLLY, n. That "gift and faculty divine" whose creative and controlling energy inspires Man's mind, ...
- 351. FOOL, n. A person who pervades the domain of intellectual speculation and diffuses himself through t ...
- 352. FORCE, n.
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- 353. FOREFINGER, n. The finger commonly used in pointing out two malefactors.
- 354. FOREORDINATION, n. This looks like an easy word to define, but when I consider that pious and learne ...
- 355. FORGETFULNESS, n. A gift of God bestowed upon doctors in compensation for their destitution of consc ...
- 356. Forgetfulness. A gift of God bestowed upon debtors in compensation for their destitution of conscien ...
- 357. FORK, n. An instrument used chiefly for the purpose of putting dead animals into the mouth. Formerly ...
- 358. FORMA PAUPERIS. [Latin] In the character of a poor person -- a method by which a litigant without mo ...
- 359. FRANKALMOIGNE, n. The tenure by which a religious corporation holds lands on condition of praying fo ...
- 360. FREEBOOTER, n. A conqueror in a small way of business, whose annexations lack of the sanctifying mer ...
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