"Anoint, v.: To grease a king or other great functionary already sufficiently slippery." ― Ambrose Bierce Topic(s): Great Tags: anoint, grease More From Ambrose Bierce "War is God’s way of teaching Americans geography." "Religion. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable." "Learning, n. The kind of ignorance distinguishing the studious." More In Great "Whoever conquers a free town and does not demolish it commits a great error and may expect to be ruined himself."― Niccolo Machiavelli "On the recollection of so many and great favours and blessings, I now, with a high sense of gratitude, presume to offer up my sincere thanks to the Almighty, the Creator and Preserver."― William Bartram "The greatest wealth is to live content with little."― Plato