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It ain't so much what a man doesn't know that causes him so many problems, but what he knows that ain't so.

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Will Rogers
Age: 55 †
Born: 1879
Born: November 4
Died: 1935
Died: August 15
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A politician is just like a pickpocket it's almost impossible to get him to reform.
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