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Marrying a woman for her money is very much like setting a rat-trap, and baiting it with your own finger.

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
Money
Trap
Much
Traps
Like
Rats
Finger
Settings
Setting
Fingers
Baiting
Woman
Marrying

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