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Theory looks well on paper, but does not amount to anything without practice.

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
Without
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Paper
Looks
Theory
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Doe
Anything
Wells

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