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About the most originality that any writer can hope to achieve honestly is to steal with good judgment.
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
Judgment
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Steal
Good
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Honestly
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