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Laughter is the sensation of feeling good all over and showing it principally in one place.

~Josh Billings

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Genius ain't anything more than elegant common sense.

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Life is short, but it's long enough to ruin any man who wants to be ruined.

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The best way to convince a fool that he is wrong is to let him have his own way.

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One of the greatest victories you can gain over someone is to beat him at politeness.

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The wheel that squeaks the loudest is the one that gets the grease.

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A good way I know to find happiness, is to not bore a hole to fit the plug.

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Be kind to your mother-in-law, but pay for her board at some good hotel.

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Money will buy a pretty good dog, but it won't buy the wag of his tail.

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If you ever find happiness by hunting for it, you will find it, as the old woman did her lost spectacles, safe on her own nose all the time.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Comedian

Born: April 21st, 1818

Died: October 14th, 1885

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