1118 Quotations by Ambrose Bierce
- 541. LANGUAGE, n. The music with which we charm the serpents guarding another's treasure.
- 542. LAOCOON, n. A famous piece of antique scripture representing a priest of that name and his two sons ...
- 543. LAP, n. One of the most important organs of the female system -- an admirable provision of nature fo ...
- 544. LAST, n. A shoemaker's implement, named by a frowning Providence as opportunity to the maker of puns ...
- 545. Laughter -- An interior convulsion, producing a distortion of the features and accompanied by inarti ...
- 546. LAUGHTER, n. An interior convulsion, producing a distortion of the features and accompanied by inart ...
- 547. LAUREATE, adj. Crowned with leaves of the laurel. In England the Poet Laureate is an officer of the ...
- 548. LAUREL, n. The _laurus_, a vegetable dedicated to Apollo, and formerly defoliated to wreathe the bro ...
- 549. LAW, n.
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- 550. LAWFUL, adj. Compatible with the will of a judge having jurisdiction.
- 551. Lawsuit n. A machine which you go into as a pig and come out of as a sausage.
- 552. Lawsuit: A machine which you go into as a pig and come out of as a sausage.
- 553. Lawyer, n. One skilled in the circumvention of the law.
- 554. LAZINESS, n. Unwarranted repose of manner in a person of low degree.
- 555. Laziness. Unwarranted repose of manner in a person of low degree.
- 556. LEAD, n. A heavy blue-gray metal much used in giving stability to light lovers -- particularly to th ...
- 557. LEARNING, n. The kind of ignorance distinguishing the studious.
- 558. Learning. The kind of ignorance distinguishing the studious.
- 559. LECTURER, n. One with his hand in your pocket, his tongue in your ear and his faith in your patience ...
- 560. LEGACY, n. A gift from one who is legging it out of this vale of tears.
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