Litigation: A machine which you go into as a pig and come out of as a …

Ambrose Bierce
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Litigation: A machine which you go into as a pig and come out of as a sausage. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2013). Delphi Complete Works of Ambrose Bierce (Illustrated), p.2450, Delphi Classics
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Litigation: A machine which you go into as a pig and come out of as a sausage. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2013). Delphi Complete Works of Ambrose Bierce (Illustrated), p.2450, Delphi Classics

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