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Don't mistake pleasure for happiness. They are a different breed of dogs.

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
Happy
Different
Breed
Dogs
Dog
Mistake
Pleasure
Happiness

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