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I do not know of a better cure for sorrow than to pity somebody else.

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
Cures
Pity
Sorrow
Somebody
Else
Better
Cure

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