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There are two kinds of fools: those who can't change their opinions and those who won't.

Josh Billings

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Josh Billings
Age: 67 †
Born: 1818
Born: April 21
Died: 1885
Died: October 14
Humorist
Writer
Lanesboro
Massachusetts
Henry Wheeler Shaw
Opinion
Two
Change
Kind
Fools
Opinions
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Fool
Comedy

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