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It is a great deal easier for a man to find a pedigree to fit his virtues than virtues to fit his pedigree.
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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The man whose only pleasure in life is making money, weighs less on the moral scale than an angleworm.
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A man running for office puts me in mind of a dog that's lost-he smells everybody he meets, and wags himself all over.
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Rivalry and envy are Siamese twins.
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Human happiness konsists in having what yu want, and wanting what yu have.
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Words are often seen hunting for an idea, but ideas are never seen hunting for words.
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Menny think tha luv their husbands almost tew deth, when in fack, tha are only jealous ov them.
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Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute.
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The unfortunate do not pity the unfortunate.
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Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt, not swallowed.
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A witty writer is like a porcupine his quill makes no distinction between friend and foe.
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Experience increases our wisdom but doesn't reduce our follies.
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When good-natured people leave us we look forward with extra pleasure to their return.
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I do not know of a better cure for sorrow than to pity somebody else.
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