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I never knew a man troubled with melancholy, who had plenty to do, and did it.

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
Emotion
Knew
Never
Men
Troubled
Melancholy
Plenty

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