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When a man gets talking about himself, he seldom fails to be eloqu

When a man gets talking about himself, he seldom fails to be eloquent and often reaches the sublime. – Josh Billings

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I never had a man come to me for advice yet, but what I soon discovered that he thought more of his own opinion than he did of mine. – Josh Billings

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The stroke of the whip maketh marks in the flesh: but the stroke of the tongue breaketh the bones. Many have fallen by the edge of the sword: but not so many as have fallen by the tongue. Ecclesiasticus 28:17 –18 – Bible

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