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A Roman divorced from his wife, being highly blamed by his friends, who demanded, 'Was she not chaste? Was she not fair? Was she not fruitful?' holding out his shoe, asked them whether it was not new and well made. 'Yet,' added he, 'none of you can tell where it pinches me.'

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William E. ("Bill") Vaughan

William E. ("Bill") Vaughan (October 8, 1915 - February 25, 1977) was an American columnist and author.

Born in Saint Louis, Missouri, he wrote a syndicated column for the Kansas City Star from 1946 until his death in 1977. He was published in Reader's Digest and Better Homes and Gardens under the pseudonym Burton Hillis. He attended Washington University in St. Louis.

His folksy aphorisms (published in his "Starbeams" feature) are often collected in books and on Internet sites.

Bill Vaughan died at age 61 of lung cancer.

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