Barometer, n.: An ingenious instrument which indicates what kind of weather we are having.#Ambrose Bierce
Bacchus, n.: A convenient deity invented by the ancients as an excuse for getting drunk.#Ambrose Bierce
Anoint, v.: To grease a king or other great functionary already sufficiently slippery.#Ambrose Bierce
Amnesty, n. The state's magnanimity to those offenders whom it would be too expensive to...#Ambrose Bierce
Alliance - in international politics, the union of two thieves who have their hands so...#Ambrose Bierce
