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Where religion is a trade, morality is a merchandise.

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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
Merchandise
Morality
Trade
Religion

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Theory looks well on paper, but does not amount to anything without practice.
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Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute.
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The best time for you to hold your tongue is the time you feel you must say something or bust.
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Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt, not swallowed.
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If you believe you can do something, then you can acquire the ability to do it even if you didn't have it in the beginning.
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Time is like money, the less we have of it to spare the further we make it go.
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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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When a man comes to me for advice, I find out the kind of advice he wants, and I give it to him.
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