Quote by Ambrose Bierce
Compromise. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives e

Compromise. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary the satisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and is deprived of nothing except what was justly his due. – Ambrose Bierce

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