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[Science is] the literature of truth.

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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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It's not ignorance does so much damage it's knowin' so derned much that ain't so.
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The highest philosophers, in explaining the mystery of this world, are obliged to call in the aid of another.
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The books are balanced in heaven, not here.
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Ignorance ain't not knowin' stuff ignorance is knowin' stuff that AIN'T TRUE.
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Laughter is the fireworks of the soul.
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The thinner the ice, the more anxious is everyone to see whether it will bear.
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