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Selfish people, with no heart to speak of, have the best time of it.

Josh Billings

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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
Time
People
Indifference
Selfish
Speak
Best
Heart

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