1118 Quotations by Ambrose Bierce
- 581. LOGIC, n. The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with the limitations and incapaciti ...
- 582. LOGOMACHY, n. A war in which the weapons are words and the wounds punctures in the swim-bladder of s ...
- 583. LONGEVITY, n. Uncommon extension of the fear of death.
- 584. LOOKING-GLASS, n. A vitreous plane upon which to display a fleeting show for man's disillusion given ...
- 585. LOQUACITY, n. A disorder which renders the sufferer unable to curb his tongue when you wish to talk.
- 586. LORD, n. In American society, an English tourist above the state of a costermonger, as, lord 'Aberda ...
- 587. LORE, n. Learning -- particularly that sort which is not derived from a regular course of instructio ...
- 588. LOSS, n. Privation of that which we had, or had not. Thus, in the latter sense, it is said of a defe ...
- 589. Love, n - A temporary insanity curable by marriage.
- 590. LOVE, n. A temporary insanity curable by marriage or by removal of the patient from the influences u ...
- 591. Love: A temporary insanity curable by marriage.
- 592. Love: A temporary insanity cureable either by marriage or by removal of the influences under which h ...
- 593. LOW-BRED, adj. "Raised" instead of brought up.
- 594. LUMINARY, n. One who throws light upon a subject; as an editor by not writing about it.
- 595. LUNARIAN, n. An inhabitant of the moon, as distinguished from Lunatic, one whom the moon inhabits. T ...
- 596. LYRE, n. An ancient instrument of torture. The word is now used in a figurative sense to denote the ...
- 597. MACE, n. A staff of office signifying authority. Its form, that of a heavy club, indicates its origi ...
- 598. MACHINATION, n. The method employed by one's opponents in baffling one's open and honorable efforts ...
- 599. MACROBIAN, n. One forgotten of the gods and living to a great age. History is abundantly supplied wi ...
- 600. MAD, adj. Affected with a high degree of intellectual independence; not conforming to standards of t ...
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