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" Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are, and doing things as they ought to be done. "
Josh Billings
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" Man was created a little lower than the angels and has been getting a little lower ever since. "
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" It's not only the most difficult thing to know one's self, but the most inconvenient. "
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" Threescore years and ten is enough; if a man can't suffer all the misery he wants in that time, he must be numb. "
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" As a general thing, when a woman wears the pants in a family, she has a good right to them. "
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