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

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


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



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