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.

Quote by Ambrose Bierce

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Vote: the instrument and symbol of a freeman's power to make a fool of himself...

Vote: the instrument and symbol of a freeman's power to make a fool of himself...

Convent - a place of retirement for women who wish for leisure to meditate upon...

Convent - a place of retirement for women who wish for leisure to meditate upon...

Religion. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable.

Religion. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable.

Egotism, n: Doing the New York Times crossword puzzle with a pen.

Egotism, n: Doing the New York Times crossword puzzle with a pen.

FINANCE, n. The art or science of managing revenues and resources for the best advantage...

FINANCE, n. The art or science of managing revenues and resources for the best advantage...

Faith: Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge, of...

Faith: Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge, of...

Optimism: The doctrine that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly, everything good, especially the...

Optimism: The doctrine that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly, everything good, especially the...

Creditor. One of a tribe of savages dwelling beyond the Financial Straits and dreaded for...

Creditor. One of a tribe of savages dwelling beyond the Financial Straits and dreaded for...

Admiration, n. Our polite recognition of another's resemblance to ourselves.

Admiration, n. Our polite recognition of another's resemblance to ourselves.

Edible, adj.: Good to eat, and wholesome to digest, as a worm to a toad,...

Edible, adj.: Good to eat, and wholesome to digest, as a worm to a toad,...

Incompatibility. In matrimony a similarity of tastes, particularly the taste for domination.

Incompatibility. In matrimony a similarity of tastes, particularly the taste for domination.

Religion: A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable.

Religion: A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable.

Conservative, n: A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal...

Conservative, n: A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal...

I never said all Democrats were saloonkeepers. What I said was that all saloonkeepers are...

I never said all Democrats were saloonkeepers. What I said was that all saloonkeepers are...

ELEGY, n. A composition in verse, in which, without employing any of the methods of...

ELEGY, n. A composition in verse, in which, without employing any of the methods of...

Vote: the instrument and symbol of a freeman's power to make a fool of himself...

Vote: the instrument and symbol of a freeman's power to make a fool of himself...

Prejudice - a vagrant opinion without visible means of support.

Prejudice - a vagrant opinion without visible means of support.

Abscond - to move in a mysterious way, commonly with the property of another.

Abscond - to move in a mysterious way, commonly with the property of another.

A man is known by the company he organizes.

A man is known by the company he organizes.

Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever...

Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever...