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[Science is] the literature of truth.

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
Literature
Science
Truth

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the squeeky wheel gets the grease.
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Method is the arithmetic of success.
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Ignorance ain't not knowin' stuff ignorance is knowin' stuff that AIN'T TRUE.
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Where religion is a trade, morality is a merchandise.
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Incredulity is the wisdom of the fool.
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I think when the full horror of being fifty hits you, you should stay home and have a good cry.
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Politeness is better than logic. You can often persuade when you cannot convince.
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Adam invented love at first sight, one of the greatest labor-saving machines the world ever saw.
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If you would make yourself agreeable wherever you go, listen to the grievances of others but never relate your own.
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