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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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Doubt, indulged and cherished, is in danger of becoming denial but if honest, and bent on thorough investigation, it may soon lead to full establishment of the truth. – Ambrose Bierce

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Your mind, which is yourself, can be likened to a house. The first necessary move then, is to rid that house of all but furnishings essential to success. – John D. MacDonald

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If you are not very clever, you should be conciliatory. – Benjamin Disraeli

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The English never draw a line without blurring it. – Sir Winston Churchill

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