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the squeeky wheel gets the grease.

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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
Gets
Obviousness
Grease
Wheel
Wheels

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Threescore years and ten is enough if a man can't suffer all the misery he wants in that time, he must be numb.
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Man was created a little lower than the angels and has been getting a little lower ever since.
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Beauty is a very handy thing to have, especially for a woman who ain't handsome.
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