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It is a statistical fact that the wicked work harder to reach hell than the righteous do to enter heaven

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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
Hell
Statistical
Heaven
Wickedness
Fact
Righteous
Facts
Wicked
Work
Enter
Clever
Reach
Harder

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