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About the only difference between the poor and the rich, is this, the poor suffer misery, while the rich have to enjoy it.

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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
Comedy
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Rich
Suffering
Poor
Enjoy
Suffer
Misery
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