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Josh Billings
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Josh Billings
Age: 67 †
Born: 1818
Born: April 21
Died: 1885
Died: October 14
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Lanesboro
Massachusetts
Henry Wheeler Shaw
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There is only one good substitute for the endearments of a sister, and that is the endearments of some other fellow's sister.
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He whom prosperity humbles, and adversity strengthens, is the true hero.
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Society is composed of slow Christians and wide-awake sinners.
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Pedigrees seldom improve by age the grandson is too often a weak infringement on the grandsire's parent.
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Theory looks well on paper, but does not amount to anything without practice.
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It is true that wealth won't make a man virtuous, but I notice there ain't anybody who wants to be poor just for the purpose of being good.
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Pedantry is paraded knowledge.
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One legged chickens, I know, are the least apt to scratch a garden.
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Selfish people, with no heart to speak of, have the best time of it.
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About the most originality that any writer can hope to achieve honestly is to steal with good judgment.
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Nature makes all the noblemen wealth, education, or pedigree never made one yet.
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When a man comes to me for advice, I find out the kind of advice he wants, and I give it to him.
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It is much easier to repent of sins that we have committed than to repent of those that we intend to commit.
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It ain't often that a man's reputation outlasts his money.
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The man who has never been tempted doesn't know how dishonest he is.
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Building air castles is a harmless business as long as you don't attempt to live in them.
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There is a significant Latin proverb to wit: Who will guard the guards?
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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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As long as we are lucky we attribute it to our smartness our bad luck we give the gods credit for.
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One of the best temporary cures for pride and affectation is seasickness a man who wants to vomit never puts on airs.
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