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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
Humorist
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Lanesboro
Massachusetts
Henry Wheeler Shaw
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Flattery
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The wheel that squeaks the loudest is the one that gets the grease.
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