Ambrose Bierce
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Litigant. A person about to give up his skin for the hope of retaining his bones.
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Wit - the salt with which the American humorist spoils his intellectual cookery by leaving it out.
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Liberty: One of Imagination's most precious possessions.
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Mad, adj. Affected with a high degree of intellectual independence.
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In our civilization, and under our republican form of government, intelligence is so highly honored that it is rewarded by exemption from the cares of office.