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Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt, not swallowed.
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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Hunting after happiness is like hunting after a lost sheep in the wilderness--when you find it, the chances are that it is a skeleton.
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A learned fool is one who has read everything and simply remembered it.
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Wisdom has never made a bigot, but learning has.
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Life is short, but it's long enough to ruin any man who wants to be ruined.
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Reason often makes mistakes, but conscience never does.
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A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than you love yourself.
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Plenty of folks are so contrary that if they should fall into the river, they would insist upon floating upstream.
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