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Health is like money, we never have a true idea of its value until we lose it.

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
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Lose
Loses
Values
Parkinson
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Wellness
Money
Nutrition
True
Value
Ideas
Motivational
Never
Health

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