Litigant. A person about to give up his skin for the hope of retaining his bones.
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LIFE, n. A spiritual pickle preserving the body from decay. We live in daily apprehension of its loss yet when lost it is not missed.Ambrose Bierce
SOPHISTRY, n. The controversial method of an opponent, distinguished from one's own by superior insincerity and fooling.
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FRIENDSHIP, n. A ship big enough to carry two in fair weather, but only one in foul.
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COENOBITE, n. A man who piously shuts himself up to meditate upon the sin of wickedness and to keep it fresh in his mind joins a brotherhood of awful examples.
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PRECIPITATE, adj. Anteprandial.
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PHONOGRAPH, n. An irritating toy that restores life to dead noises.
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