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The best condition in life is to be not so rich as to be envied nor so poor as to be damned.

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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
Life
Envied
Damned
Condition
Conditions
Rich
Poor
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