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It strains a man's philosophy the worst kind to laugh when he gets beat.
Josh Billings
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Josh Billings
Age: 67 †
Born: 1818
Born: April 21
Died: 1885
Died: October 14
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Lanesboro
Massachusetts
Henry Wheeler Shaw
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A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than you love yourself.
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Shame is the dying embers of virtue.
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There is no passion of the human heart that promises so much and pays so little as revenge.
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Man was created a little lower than the angels and has been getting a little lower ever since.
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Learning sleeps and snores in libraries, but wisdom is everywhere, wide awake, on tiptoe.
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There are people so addicted to exaggeration that they actually can't tell the truth without lying.
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