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Satisfaction Quotes by Ambrose Bierce
- Compromise, n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary the satisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have,…
- CUNNING, n. The faculty that distinguishes a weak animal or person from a strong one. It brings its possessor much mental satisfaction and great material…
- REPARATION, n. Satisfaction that is made for a wrong and deducted from the satisfaction felt in committing it.
- REDRESS, n. Reparation without satisfaction.
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- Compromise, n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary the satisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought… — Ambrose Bierce
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