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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
Rebellious
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Business
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Grease
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Habits are like the wrinkles on a man's brow if you will smooth out the one, I will smooth out the other.
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True valor is like honesty it enters into all that a man sees and does.
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The thinner the ice, the more anxious is everyone to see whether it will bear.
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You cannot analyze a kiss any more than you can dissect the fragrance of flowers.
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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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It ain't no disgrace for a man to fall, but to lie there and grunt is.
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Fuss is half-sister to hurry, and neither of them can do anything without getting in their own way.
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A man running for office puts me in mind of a dog that's lost-he smells everybody he meets, and wags himself all over.
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