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I never question a success, any more than I do the right of a bulldog to lie in his own gateway.

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
Never
Bulldogs
Gateway
Gateways
Dog
Question
Lying
Success
Right
Bulldog

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