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.
- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary
Sigh... If only...
ReplyDeleteMaybe it's me being a pessimist, but I always looked at it 180 degrees out, as the kind of thing where both parties should walk away feeling screwed...
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