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It is the little things that fret and worry us you can dodge an elephant but not a fly.

Josh Billings

It is the little things that fret and worry us you can dodge an elephant but not a fly.

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About Josh Billings

Henry Wheeler Shaw (April 21, 1818 – October 14, 1885), better known by the pen name Josh Billings, was a 19th-century American humorist and lecturer.