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The more humble a man is before God the more he will be exalted the more humble he is before man, the more he will get rode roughshod.

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
Roughshod
Rode
Exalted
Humble
Humility
Men

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