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Lying is like trying to hide in a fog: If you move about you're in danger of bumping your head against the truth, and as soon as the fog blows off, you are gone anyhow.

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
Move
Bumping
Head
Anyhow
Gone
Fog
Lying
Blows
Moving
Hide
Truth
Blow
Trying
Soon
Like
Danger

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