Thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel just, But four tim… - Josh Billings

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Thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel just, But four times he who gets his blow in fust

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Henry Wheeler Shaw (21 April 1818 – 14 October 1885), most famous under his pen name Josh Billings, was an American humorist. He was perhaps the second most famous humor writer and lecturer in the United States in the 2nd half of the 19th century, after Mark Twain, although his reputation has not fared so well with later generations.

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