"COMMERCE, n. A kind of transaction in which……" — Ambrose Bierce
"COMMERCE, n. A kind of transaction in which A plunders from B the goods of C, and for compensation B picks the pocket of D of money belonging to E."
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944 Quotes by Ambrose Bierce
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- Happiness: an agreeable sensation arising from contemplating the misery of another.
- Fidelity - a virtue peculiar to those who are about to be betrayed.
- Bride: A woman with a fine prospect of happiness behind her.
- Fork: An instrument used chiefly for the purpose of putting dead animals into the mouth.
- Quotation, n: The act of repeating erroneously the words of another.
- Saint: A dead sinner revised and edited.
- Admiration, n. Our polite recognition of another's resemblance to ourselves.
- Consult: To seek approval for a course of action already decided upon.
- Death is not the end. There remains the litigation over the estate.