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There are two things in life for which we are never truly prepared: Twins.


Josh Billings

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DEYTH BANGER Come on... come on... I am waiting for answer...
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GEORGE MATTHEW ADAMS Two things are sure in life: There is a God, and you are not him.
UNKNOWN Because you can only die once but you can suffer forever.
SHAUN DAVID HUTCHINSON There are two headlines. Things have never been better.
HUGH PRICE These it is that are truly unbelievers, and We have prepared for the unbelievers a disgraceful chast...
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JOSH BILLINGS Life is a grindstone, and whether it grinds a man down or polishes him up depends on the stuff he's ...
JOSH BILLINGS As a general thing, when a woman wears the pants in a family, she has a good right to them.
JOSH BILLINGS Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well
JOSH BILLINGS Success does not consist in never making blunders, but in never making the same one a second time.
JOSH BILLINGS The trouble with most folks isn't their ignorance. It's knowin' so many things that ain't so.
JOSH BILLINGS Men mourn for what they have lost; women for what they ain't got.
JOSH BILLINGS the squeeky wheel gets the grease.
JOSH BILLINGS Marrying for love may be a bit risky, but it is so honest that God can't help but smile on it.
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