1132 Quotations with Ambrose.
- 661. Ambrose Bierce: PRESCRIPTION, n. A physician's guess at what will best prolong the situation wit ...
- 662. Ambrose Bierce: PRESENT, n. That part of eternity dividing the domain of disappointment from the ...
- 663. Ambrose Bierce: PRESENTABLE, adj. Hideously appareled after the manner of the time and place.
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- 664. Ambrose Bierce: PRESIDE, v. To guide the action of a deliberative body to a desirable result. In ...
- 665. Ambrose Bierce: PRESIDENCY, n. The greased pig in the field game of American politics.
- 666. Ambrose Bierce: PRESIDENT, n. The leading figure in a small group of men of whom -- and of whom ...
- 667. Ambrose Bierce: PREVARICATOR, n. A liar in the caterpillar estate.
- 668. Ambrose Bierce: PRICE, n. Value, plus a reasonable sum for the wear and tear of conscience in de ...
- 669. Ambrose Bierce: PRIMATE, n. The head of a church, especially a State church supported by involun ...
- 670. Ambrose Bierce: PRISON, n. A place of punishments and rewards. The poet assures us that --
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- 671. Ambrose Bierce: PRIVATE, n. A military gentleman with a field-marshal's baton in his knapsack an ...
- 672. Ambrose Bierce: PROBOSCIS, n. The rudimentary organ of an elephant which serves him in place of ...
- 673. Ambrose Bierce: PROJECTILE, n. The final arbiter in international disputes. Formerly these dispu ...
- 674. Ambrose Bierce: PROOF, n. Evidence having a shade more of plausibility than of unlikelihood. The ...
- 675. Ambrose Bierce: PROOF-READER, n. A malefactor who atones for making your writing nonsense by per ...
- 676. Ambrose Bierce: PROPERTY, n. Any material thing, having no particular value, that may be held by ...
- 677. Ambrose Bierce: PROPHECY, n. The art and practice of selling one's credibility for future delive ...
- 678. Ambrose Bierce: PROSPECT, n. An outlook, usually forbidding. An expectation, usually forbidden.
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- 679. Ambrose Bierce: PROVIDENTIAL, adj. Unexpectedly and conspicuously beneficial to the person so de ...
- 680. Ambrose Bierce: PRUDE, n. A bawd hiding behind the back of her demeanor.
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