Coward: One who, in a perilous emergency, thinks with his legs.

Quote by Ambrose Bierce

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FAMOUS, adj. Conspicuously miserable. Done to a turn on the iron, behold Him who to...

FAMOUS, adj. Conspicuously miserable. Done to a turn on the iron, behold Him who to...

It is evident that skepticism, while it makes no actual change in man, always makes...

It is evident that skepticism, while it makes no actual change in man, always makes...

Cabbage: a familiar kitchen-garden vegetable about as large and wise as a man's head.

Cabbage: a familiar kitchen-garden vegetable about as large and wise as a man's head.

Witticism. A sharp and clever remark, usually quoted and seldom noted; what the Philistine is...

Witticism. A sharp and clever remark, usually quoted and seldom noted; what the Philistine is...

A man is known by the company he organizes.

A man is known by the company he organizes.

Ambition. An overmastering desire to be vilified by enemies while living and made ridiculous by...

Ambition. An overmastering desire to be vilified by enemies while living and made ridiculous by...

Eulogy. Praise of a person who has either the advantages of wealth and power, or...

Eulogy. Praise of a person who has either the advantages of wealth and power, or...

Mayonnaise: One of the sauces which serve the French in place of a state religion.

Mayonnaise: One of the sauces which serve the French in place of a state religion.

LEVIATHAN, n. An enormous aquatic animal mentioned by Job. Some suppose it to have been...

LEVIATHAN, n. An enormous aquatic animal mentioned by Job. Some suppose it to have been...

Religion. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable.

Religion. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable.

Anoint, v.: To grease a king or other great functionary already sufficiently slippery.

Anoint, v.: To grease a king or other great functionary already sufficiently slippery.

ACQUAINTANCE, n. A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well...

ACQUAINTANCE, n. A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well...

You are not permitted to kill a woman who has injured you, but nothing forbids...

You are not permitted to kill a woman who has injured you, but nothing forbids...

A miracle is an act or event out of the order of nature and unaccountable,...

A miracle is an act or event out of the order of nature and unaccountable,...

Patience, n. A minor form of dispair, disguised as a virtue.

Patience, n. A minor form of dispair, disguised as a virtue.

Painting: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather and exposing them to the...

Painting: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather and exposing them to the...

RIBROASTER, n. Censorious language by oneself concerning another. The word is of classical refinement, and...

RIBROASTER, n. Censorious language by oneself concerning another. The word is of classical refinement, and...

Philosophy: A route of many roads leading from nowhere to nothing.

Philosophy: A route of many roads leading from nowhere to nothing.

Architect. One who drafts a plan of your house, and plans a draft of your...

Architect. One who drafts a plan of your house, and plans a draft of your...

Litigant. A person about to give up his skin for the hope of retaining his...

Litigant. A person about to give up his skin for the hope of retaining his...