LEAD, n. A heavy blue-gray metal much used in giving stability to light lovers particularly to those who love not wisely but other men's wives. (Ambrose Bierce)

LEAD, n. A heavy blue-gray metal much used in giving stability to light lovers particularly to those who love not wisely but other men's wives.

Ambrose Bierce

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