"Men mourn for what they have lost women for what they ain't got."
-Josh Billings
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"Learning sleeps and snores in libraries, but wisdom is everywhere, wide awake, on tiptoe.“
-Josh Billings
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"Wisdom has never made a bigot, but learning has."
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"The wheel that squeaks the loudest is the one that gets the grease."
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"Honesty is the rarest wealth anyone can possess, and yet all the honesty in the world ain't lawful tender for a loaf of bread."
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"As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand."
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"There are some people so addicted to exaggeration that they can't tell the truth without lying."
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