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Marrying for love may be a bit risky, but it is so honest that God can't help but smile on it.
Josh Billings
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Josh Billings
Age: 67 †
Born: 1818
Born: April 21
Died: 1885
Died: October 14
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Lanesboro
Massachusetts
Henry Wheeler Shaw
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The very thing that men think they have got the most of, they have got the least of and that is judgment.
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I don't care how much a man talks, if he only says it in a few words.
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Prejudice assumes the garb of reason, but the cheat is too thin.
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The greatest thief this world has ever produced is procrastination, and he is still at large.
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It's not ignorance does so much damage it's knowin' so derned much that ain't so.
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