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There is no passion of the human heart that promises so much and pays so little as revenge.

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
Human
Pays
Humans
Promises
Heart
Revenge
Much
Promise
Pay
Passion
Littles
Little

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