One who, professing virtues that he does not respect, secures the advantage of seeming to be what he despises.
Ambrose BierceFinance is the art or science of managing revenues and resources for the best advantage of the manager
Ambrose BierceEXISTENCE, n. A transient, horrible, fantastic dream,/ Wherein is nothing yet all things do seem:/ From which we're wakened by a friendly nudge/ Of our bedfellow Death, and cry: "O fudge!"
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