Q. If a hog is decided to be in the right, what is the consequence?
A. He is almost ruined.
Q. If in the wrong what?
A. He is quite ruined.
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The Sexagenarian: or, The Recollections of a Literary Life, 2nd ed. (1818), vol. 1, p. 324. A parody of the legal system: "Quote Origin: 'I Never Was Ruined But Twice, Once When I Gained a Lawsuit, and Once When I Lost It'", Quote Investigator (23 May 2023)