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Hunting after happiness is like hunting after a lost sheep in the wilderness--when you find it, the chances are that it is a skeleton.
Josh Billings
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Josh Billings
Age: 67 †
Born: 1818
Born: April 21
Died: 1885
Died: October 14
Humorist
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Lanesboro
Massachusetts
Henry Wheeler Shaw
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As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand.
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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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