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The trouble with most folks isn't their ignorance. It's knowin' so many things that ain't so.

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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
Folks
Ignorance
Trouble
Wisdom
Inspirational
Many
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