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Quote by Josh Billings
When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could ha

When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years. – Josh Billings

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The man whose only pleasure in life is making money, weighs less on the moral scale than an angleworm. – Josh Billings

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I think when the full horror of being fifty hits you, you should stay home and have a good cry. – Josh Billings

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