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Fun is a sugar-coated physic.

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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
Physic
Coated
Sugar
Fun

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It's not so hard to get rich as it is to know when you have gotten rich.
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It strains a man's philosophy the worst kind to laugh when he gets beat.
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Fuss is half-sister to hurry, and neither of them can do anything without getting in their own way.
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I never knew a man troubled with melancholy, who had plenty to do, and did it.
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Lying is like trying to hide in a fog: If you move about you're in danger of bumping your head against the truth, and as soon as the fog blows off, you are gone anyhow.
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Pyrotechnically considered, [laughing] is the fire-works of the soul.
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A good place to visit, but a poor place to stay.
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No one can disgrace us but ourselves.
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Words are often seen hunting for an idea, but ideas are never seen hunting for words.
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Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt, not swallowed.
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Poverty is the step-mother of genius.
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Perseverance is king.
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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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If a man is right, he can't be too radical if he is wrong, he can't be too conservative.
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Adversity has the same effect on a man that severe training has on the pugilist: it reduces him to his fighting weight.
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Beauty is a very handy thing to have, especially for a woman who ain't handsome.
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A man running for office puts me in mind of a dog that's lost-he smells everybody he meets, and wags himself all over.
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The hardest thing any man can do is to fall down on the ice when it's slippery, and get up and praise the Lord.
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The dog that will follow everbody ain't worth a curse.
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Incredulity is the wisdom of the fool.
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