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Some folks as they grow older grow wise but most folks simply grow stubborner.
Josh Billings
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Josh Billings
Age: 67 †
Born: 1818
Born: April 21
Died: 1885
Died: October 14
Humorist
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Lanesboro
Massachusetts
Henry Wheeler Shaw
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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 nearest we can come to) perfect happiness is to cheat ourselves with the belief that we have got it.
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One of the greatest victories you can gain over someone is to beat him at politeness.
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One of the rarest things that a man ever does, is to do the best he can.
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Seneca devoted much of his time to writing essays in praise of poverty, and in lending money at usurious rates.
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Pedantry is paraded knowledge.
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Woman's influence is powerful, especially when she wants something.
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Where religion is a trade, morality is a merchandise.
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Stupidity,--unconscious ignorance.
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The best condition in life is to be not so rich as to be envied nor so poor as to be damned.
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A good reliable set of bowels is worth more to a man than any quantity of brains.
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