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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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Josh Billings
Age: 67 †
Born: 1818
Born: April 21
Died: 1885
Died: October 14
Humorist
Writer
Lanesboro
Massachusetts
Henry Wheeler Shaw
Long
Harmless
Castles
Attempt
Air
Building
Business
Live

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