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The wheel that squeaks the loudest is the one that gets the grease.
Josh Billings
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Josh Billings
Age: 67 †
Born: 1818
Born: April 21
Died: 1885
Died: October 14
Humorist
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Lanesboro
Massachusetts
Henry Wheeler Shaw
Grease
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Adversity has the same effect on a man that severe training has on the pugilist: it reduces him to his fighting weight.
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If men were stubborn just in proportion as they were right, stubbornness would take her seat among the virtues but men are generally stubborn just in proportion as they are ignorant and wrong.
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As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand.
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You cannot analyze a kiss any more than you can dissect the fragrance of flowers.
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Zoroaster said, when in doubt abstain but this does not always apply. At cards, when in doubt take the trick.
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Liberty, like chastity, once lost, can never be regained in its original purity.
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The greatest thief this world has ever produced is procrastination, and he is still at large.
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Don't mistake pleasure for happiness. They are a different breed of dogs.
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Pedigrees seldom improve by age the grandson is too often a weak infringement on the grandsire's parent.
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I don't never have any trouble in regulating my own conduct, but to keep other folks' straight is what bothers me.
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There's tons of people that spend a lot time watching their well being, they have not acquired time to take pleasure in it.
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If you believe you can do something, then you can acquire the ability to do it even if you didn't have it in the beginning.
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Politeness is better than logic. You can often persuade when you cannot convince.
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There are two kinds of fools: those who can't change their opinions and those who won't.
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Metaphysics is the science of proving what we don't understand.
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