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Most men had rather say a smart thing than do a good one. John P. Kotter, Leading Change.

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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
Change
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Good
Men
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Early genius, like early cabbage, does not head well.
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It strains a man's philosophy the worst kind to laugh when he gets beat.
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Experience makes more timid men than it does wise ones.
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Marrying for love may be a bit risky, but it is so honest that God can't help but smile on it.
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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.
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To enjoy a good reputation, give publicly, and steal privately.
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