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It is a very delicate job to forgive a man, without lowering him in his own estimation, and yours too.

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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
Comedy
Jobs
Without
Lowering
Men
Estimation
Delicate
Forgive
Forgiveness
Forgiving

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