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A story with a moral appended is like the bill of a mosquito. It bores you, and then injects a stinging drop to irritate your conscience.

O. Henry

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O. Henry
Age: 47 †
Born: 1862
Born: September 11
Died: 1910
Died: June 5
Journalist
Writer
Greensboro
North Carolina
William Sydney Porter
Olivier Henry
Oliver Henry
Stories
Mosquitoes
Like
Bores
Drop
Bill
Bills
Injects
Conscience
Stinging
Moral
Irritate
Story
Mosquito

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