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Take the humbug out of this world, and you haven't much left to do business with.

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
Left
Take
Much
World
Humbug
Quacks
Havens
Haven
Business

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