 | Ambrose Bierce - 1906 - 250 pages
...may the death angel thin, Avenging the friend whom I could n't work in. JST.Q, COMPROMISE, n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each...has got what he ought not to have, and is deprived of nothing except what was justly his due. COMPULSION, n. The eloquence of power. CONDOLE, vi To show... | |
 | Ambrose Bierce - 1911 - 394 pages
...ranks may the death angel thin, Avenging the friend whom I couldn't work in. KQ COMPROMISE, n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each...has got what he ought not to have, and is deprived of nothing except what was justly his due. COMPULSION, n. The eloquence of power. CONDOLE, vi To show... | |
 | Ambrose Bierce - 1911 - 382 pages
...sin! Your criminal ranks may the death angel thin, Avenging the friend whom I couldn't work in. KQ satisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and is deprived of nothing except what was justly his due. COMPULSION, n. The eloquence of power. CONDOLE, vi To show... | |
 | Ambrose Bierce - 1925 - 384 pages
...sin! Your criminal ranks may the death angel thin, Avenging the friend whom I couldn't work in. KQ satisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and is deprived of nothing except what was justly his due. COMPULSION, n. The eloquence of power. CONDOLE, vi To show... | |
 | James C. Freund - 1979 - 398 pages
...a firm negotiating stand enough room to back off without embarrassment. 36a "Compromise, n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each...has got what he ought not to have, and is deprived of nothing except what was justly his due." Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1911). 37... | |
 | James C. Freund - 1993 - 260 pages
...divisive issues. Ambrose Bierce defines "compromise" cynically in the Devil's Dictionary: "Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each...has got what he ought not to have, and is deprived of nothing except what was justly his due." I prefer to think of compromise as the search for a favorable... | |
 | Robert Andrews - 1993 - 1214 pages
...author. Mrs. Chevcley, in An Ideal Husband, act 3 SecalioftATlEKY. COMPROMISE 1 Compromise. Such an ey are skilful, when the target seems too distant,...aim a good deal higher than their objective, not in of nothing except what was justly his due. AMBROSE BIERCE (1842-1914), US author. The Devil's Oictioлагу(1В81-190... | |
 | Charles W. Freeman, Jr. - 1995 - 616 pages
...two or more governments. Compellance: See Diplomacy, coercive. Compromise: "[A compromise is] such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each...has got what he ought not to have, and is deprived of nothing except what was justly his due." Ambrose Bierce Compromise: "In diplomacy, as in politics... | |
 | John B. Gilmour - 1995 - 212 pages
...since the two parties do finally agree on legislation. 2 Strategies of Pursuit and Avoidance Compromise gives each adversary the satisfaction of thinking...has got what he ought not to have, and is deprived of nothing except what was justly his due. — Ambrose Bierce This chapter and the next two discuss... | |
 | Ambrose Bierce - 2010 - 438 pages
...who desires that which we desire. Compliment, n. A loan that bears interest. Compromise, n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each...has got what he ought not to have, and is deprived of nothing except what was jusdy his due. Compulsion, ». The eloquence of power. Compunction, n. (Lat.... | |
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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 not to have, and is deprived of nothing except what was justly his due. 
