"ECONOMY, n. Purchasing the barrel of whiskey that you do not need for the price of the cow that you cannot afford."
— Economics

January 1, 1970

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Ambrose Bierce, The Cynic's Dictionary (1906); republished as The Devil's Dictionary (1911).