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Quote by Ambrose Bierce
Litigant. A person about to give up his skin for the hope of retai

Litigant. A person about to give up his skin for the hope of retaining his bones. – Ambrose Bierce

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A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man, who has no gills. – Ambrose Bierce

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Oceans
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Enthusiasm – a distemper of youth, curable by small doses of repentance in connection with outward applications of experience. – Ambrose Bierce

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Experience
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Mammals: a family of vertebrate animals whose females in a state of nature suckle their young, but when civilized and enlightened put them out to nurse, or use the bottle. – Ambrose Bierce

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Breastfeeding
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