“There iz no more real satisfackshun, in laying up in yure buzzum an injury than thare iz in stuffing a dead hornet, who haz stung you, and keeping him tew look at.”

—  Josh Billings

Josh Billings: His Works, Complete (1873)

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American humorist 1818–1885

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