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Life is short, but it's long enough to ruin any man who wants to be ruined.

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
Life
Ruined
Ruins
Short
Wants
Funny
Enough
Long
Men
Ruin

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