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I don't care how much a man talks, if he only says it in a few words.

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
Words
Care
Much
Men
Talks
Silence
Says

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It strains a man's philosophy the worst kind to laugh when he gets beat.
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