1118 Quotations by Ambrose Bierce
- 561. LEONINE, adj. Unlike a menagerie lion. Leonine verses are those in which a word in the middle of a l ...
- 562. LETTUCE, n. An herb of the genus _Lactuca_, "Wherewith," says that pious gastronome, Hengist Pelly, ...
- 563. LEVIATHAN, n. An enormous aquatic animal mentioned by Job. Some suppose it to have been the whale, b ...
- 564. LEXICOGRAPHER, n. A pestilent fellow who, under the pretense of recording some particular stage in t ...
- 565. LIBERTY, n. One of Imagination's most precious possessions.
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- 566. LICKSPITTLE, n. A useful functionary, not infrequently found editing a newspaper. In his character o ...
- 567. LIFE, n. A spiritual pickle preserving the body from decay. We live in daily apprehension of its los ...
- 568. Life. A spiritual pickle preserving the body from decay.
- 569. LIGHTHOUSE, n. A tall building on the seashore in which the government maintains a lamp and the frie ...
- 570. LIMB, n. The branch of a tree or the leg of an American woman.
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- 571. LINEN, n. "A kind of cloth the making of which, when made of hemp, entails a great waste of hemp." - ...
- 572. LITIGANT, n. A person about to give up his skin for the hope of retaining his bones.
- 573. Litigant. A person about to give up his skin for the hope of retaining his bones.
- 574. LITIGATION, n. A machine which you go into as a pig and come out of as a sausage.
- 575. Litigation: A machine which you go into as a pig and come out of as a sausage.
- 576. LIVER, n. A large red organ thoughtfully provided by nature to be bilious with. The sentiments and e ...
- 577. LL.D. Letters indicating the degree _Legumptionorum Doctor_, one learned in laws, gifted with legal ...
- 578. LOCK-AND-KEY, n. The distinguishing device of civilization and enlightenment.
- 579. LODGER, n. A less popular name for the Second Person of that delectable newspaper Trinity, the Roome ...
- 580. LOGANIMITY, n. The disposition to endure injury with meek forbearance while maturing a plan of reven ...
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