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Zoroaster said, when in doubt abstain but this does not always apply. At cards, when in doubt take the trick.
Josh Billings
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Josh Billings
Age: 67 †
Born: 1818
Born: April 21
Died: 1885
Died: October 14
Humorist
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Lanesboro
Massachusetts
Henry Wheeler Shaw
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