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Josh Billings quotes: I never had a man come to me for advice yet, but what I soon discovered that he thought more of his own opinion than he did of mine. I never had a man come to me for advice yet, but what I soon discovered that he thought more of his own opinion than he did of mine.
Josh Billings quotes: There's tons of people that spend a lot time watching their well being, they have not acquired time to take pleasure in it. There's tons of people that spend a lot time watching their well being, they have not acquired time to take pleasure in it.
Josh Billings quotes: Most people when they come to you for advice, come to have their own opinions strengthened, not corrected. Most people when they come to you for advice, come to have their own opinions strengthened, not corrected.
Josh Billings quotes: Poverty is the step-mother of genius. Poverty is the step-mother of genius.
Josh Billings quotes: About the most originality that any writer can hope to achieve honestly is to steal with good judgment. About the most originality that any writer can hope to achieve honestly is to steal with good judgment.
Josh Billings quotes: If you do not know how to lie, cheat, and steal, turn your attention to politics and learn. If you do not know how to lie, cheat, and steal, turn your attention to politics and learn.
Josh Billings quotes: The man who gets bit twice by the same dog is better adapted for that kind of business than any other. The man who gets bit twice by the same dog is better adapted for that kind of business than any other.
Josh Billings quotes: The fools in this world make about as much trouble as the wicked do. The fools in this world make about as much trouble as the wicked do.
Josh Billings quotes: It is a great art to be superior to others without letting them know it. It is a great art to be superior to others without letting them know it.
Josh Billings quotes: A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself. A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself.
Josh Billings quotes: There is no passion of the human heart that promises so much and pays so little as revenge. There is no passion of the human heart that promises so much and pays so little as revenge.
Josh Billings quotes: Suicide is cheating the doctor out of job. Suicide is cheating the doctor out of job.
Josh Billings quotes: the squeeky wheel gets the grease. the squeeky wheel gets the grease.
Josh Billings quotes: Theres not a lot of good humor in medicine, but theres a lot of medicine in good humor. Theres not a lot of good humor in medicine, but theres a lot of medicine in good humor.
Josh Billings quotes: Incredulity is the wisdom of the fool. Incredulity is the wisdom of the fool.
Josh Billings quotes: When a man comes to me for advice, I find out the kind of advice he wants, and I give it to him. When a man comes to me for advice, I find out the kind of advice he wants, and I give it to him.
Josh Billings quotes: Doesn't know much, but leads the league in nostril hair. Doesn't know much, but leads the league in nostril hair.
Josh Billings quotes: Where religion is a trade, morality is a merchandise. Where religion is a trade, morality is a merchandise.
Josh Billings quotes: Confess your sins to the Lord and you will be forgiven; confess them to man and you will be laughed at. Confess your sins to the Lord and you will be forgiven; confess them to man and you will be laughed at.
Josh Billings quotes: Faith is the soul riding at anchor. Faith is the soul riding at anchor.
Josh Billings quotes: Biography is the best form of history. Biography is the best form of history.
Josh Billings quotes: As long as we are lucky we attribute it to our smartness; our bad luck we give the gods credit for. As long as we are lucky we attribute it to our smartness; our bad luck we give the gods credit for.
Josh Billings quotes: The man who ain't got an enemy is really poor. The man who ain't got an enemy is really poor.
Josh Billings quotes: The best time for you to hold your tongue is the time you feel you must say something or bust. The best time for you to hold your tongue is the time you feel you must say something or bust.
Josh Billings quotes: A wise man never enjoys himself so much, nor a fool so little, as when alone. A wise man never enjoys himself so much, nor a fool so little, as when alone.
Josh Billings quotes: When good-natured people leave us we look forward with extra pleasure to their return. When good-natured people leave us we look forward with extra pleasure to their return.
Josh Billings quotes: Silence is said to be golden, but the best fools the world has ever produced had nothing to say on the subject Silence is said to be golden, but the best fools the world has ever produced had nothing to say on the subject
Josh Billings quotes: There never yet was a mother who taught her child to be an infidel. There never yet was a mother who taught her child to be an infidel.
Josh Billings quotes: Pyrotechnically considered, [laughing] is the fire-works of the soul. Pyrotechnically considered, [laughing] is the fire-works of the soul.
Josh Billings quotes: Genius ain't anything more than elegant common sense Genius ain't anything more than elegant common sense
Josh Billings quotes: The best creed we can have is charity toward the creeds of others. The best creed we can have is charity toward the creeds of others.
Josh Billings quotes: There are two things in life for which we are never truly prepared: twins. There are two things in life for which we are never truly prepared: twins.
Josh Billings quotes: But why discourse Upon the Virtues of the Horse? They are too numerous to tell Save when you have a Horse to Sell. But why discourse Upon the Virtues of the Horse? They are too numerous to tell Save when you have a Horse to Sell.
Josh Billings quotes: Love looks through a telescope; envy, through a microscope. Love looks through a telescope; envy, through a microscope.
Josh Billings quotes: The dog that will follow everbody ain't worth a curse. The dog that will follow everbody ain't worth a curse.
Josh Billings quotes: I would much rather always look forward to the time when I am going to ride in a carriage, than to look back on the time when I used to. I would much rather always look forward to the time when I am going to ride in a carriage, than to look back on the time when I used to.
Josh Billings quotes: A good reliable set of bowels is worth more to a man than any quantity of brains. A good reliable set of bowels is worth more to a man than any quantity of brains.
Josh Billings quotes: Don't ever prophesy; for if you prophesy wrong, nobody will forget it; and if you prophesy right, nobody will remember it. Don't ever prophesy; for if you prophesy wrong, nobody will forget it; and if you prophesy right, nobody will remember it.
Josh Billings quotes: It is easier to be virtuous than it is to appear so, and it pays better. It is easier to be virtuous than it is to appear so, and it pays better.
Josh Billings quotes: Ignorance ain't not knowin' stuff; ignorance is knowin' stuff that AIN'T TRUE. Ignorance ain't not knowin' stuff; ignorance is knowin' stuff that AIN'T TRUE.
Josh Billings quotes: One legged chickens, I know, are the least apt to scratch a garden. One legged chickens, I know, are the least apt to scratch a garden.
Josh Billings quotes: Love is like the measles; we can't have it bad but once, and the later in life we have it the tougher it goes with us. Love is like the measles; we can't have it bad but once, and the later in life we have it the tougher it goes with us.
Josh Billings quotes: Nature makes all the noblemen; wealth, education, or pedigree never made one yet. Nature makes all the noblemen; wealth, education, or pedigree never made one yet.
Josh Billings quotes: Dr. Holmes says, both wittily and truly, that crying widows are easiest consoled. Dr. Holmes says, both wittily and truly, that crying widows are easiest consoled.
Josh Billings quotes: Common sense is instinct, and enough of it is genius Common sense is instinct, and enough of it is genius
Josh Billings quotes: The unfortunate do not pity the unfortunate. The unfortunate do not pity the unfortunate.
Josh Billings quotes: Silence is a still noise. Silence is a still noise.
Josh Billings quotes: When a man makes up his mind to become a rascal, he should examine himself closely and see if he isn't better constructed for a fool. When a man makes up his mind to become a rascal, he should examine himself closely and see if he isn't better constructed for a fool.
Josh Billings quotes: It is not much trouble to doctor sick folks, but to doctor healthy ones is troublesome. It is not much trouble to doctor sick folks, but to doctor healthy ones is troublesome.
Josh Billings quotes: Fashion makes fools of some, sinners of others, and slaves of all. Fashion makes fools of some, sinners of others, and slaves of all.
Josh Billings quotes: Adversity has the same effect on a man that severe training has on the pugilist: it reduces him to his fighting weight. Adversity has the same effect on a man that severe training has on the pugilist: it reduces him to his fighting weight.
Josh Billings quotes: Hunting after happiness is like hunting after a lost sheep in the wildernesswhen you find it, the chances are that it is a skeleton. Hunting after happiness is like hunting after a lost sheep in the wilderness
when you find it, the chances are that it is a skeleton.
Josh Billings quotes: It is better to know nothing than to know what ain't so. It is better to know nothing than to know what ain't so.
Josh Billings quotes: Rumor is a vagrant without a home, and lives upon what it can pick up. Rumor is a vagrant without a home, and lives upon what it can pick up.
Josh Billings quotes: The less we know the more we suspect The less we know the more we suspect
Josh Billings quotes: It is easy to assume a habit; but when you try to cast it off, it will take skin and all. It is easy to assume a habit; but when you try to cast it off, it will take skin and all.
Josh Billings quotes: There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness. There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.
Josh Billings quotes: Prejudice assumes the garb of reason, but the cheat is too thin. Prejudice assumes the garb of reason, but the cheat is too thin.
Josh Billings quotes: Too many individuals are like Shakespeare's definition of "echo,"babbling gossips of the air. Too many individuals are like Shakespeare's definition of "echo,"
babbling gossips of the air.
Josh Billings quotes: Caution, though very often wasted is a good risk to take. Caution, though very often wasted is a good risk to take.
Josh Billings quotes: Laughter is the fireworks of the soul. Laughter is the fireworks of the soul.
Josh Billings quotes: No one can disgrace us but ourselves. No one can disgrace us but ourselves.
Josh Billings quotes: Most everyone seems willing to be a fool himself, but he can't bear to have anyone else one. Most everyone seems willing to be a fool himself, but he can't bear to have anyone else one.
Josh Billings quotes: Human happiness konsists in having what yu want, and wanting what yu have. Human happiness konsists in having what yu want, and wanting what yu have.
Josh Billings quotes: Pride seems to be equally distributed; the man who owns the carriage and the man who drives it seem to have it just alike. Pride seems to be equally distributed; the man who owns the carriage and the man who drives it seem to have it just alike.
Josh Billings quotes: Method is the arithmetic of success. Method is the arithmetic of success.
Josh Billings quotes: Fools carry their daggers in their open mouths. Fools carry their daggers in their open mouths.
Josh Billings quotes: [Science is] the literature of truth. [Science is] the literature of truth.
Josh Billings quotes: When I see a man of shallow understanding extravagantly clothed, I feel sorry - for the clothes. When I see a man of shallow understanding extravagantly clothed, I feel sorry - for the clothes.
Josh Billings quotes: Good nonsense is good sense in disguise. Good nonsense is good sense in disguise.
Josh Billings quotes: The very thing that men think they have got the most of, they have got the least of; and that is judgment. The very thing that men think they have got the most of, they have got the least of; and that is judgment.
Josh Billings quotes: Love is said to be blind, but I know some fellows in love who can see twice as much in their sweethearts as I do. Love is said to be blind, but I know some fellows in love who can see twice as much in their sweethearts as I do.
Josh Billings quotes: The devil is the father of lies, but he neglected to patent the idea, and the business now suffers from competition. The devil is the father of lies, but he neglected to patent the idea, and the business now suffers from competition.
Josh Billings quotes: The happiest time in a man's life is when he is in the red hot pursuit of a dollar with a reasonable prospect of overtaking it. The happiest time in a man's life is when he is in the red hot pursuit of a dollar with a reasonable prospect of overtaking it.
Josh Billings quotes: Be kind to your mother-in-law, but pay for her board at some good hotel. Be kind to your mother-in-law, but pay for her board at some good hotel.
Josh Billings quotes: There is no limit to the vanity of this world. Each spoke in the wheel thinks the whole strength of the wheel depends upon it. There is no limit to the vanity of this world. Each spoke in the wheel thinks the whole strength of the wheel depends upon it.
Josh Billings quotes: There are some people so addicted to exaggeration that they can't tell the truth without lying. There are some people so addicted to exaggeration that they can't tell the truth without lying.
Josh Billings quotes: It's not what we don't know that prevents us from succeeding; it's what we know that just ain't so that is our greatest obstacle. It's not what we don't know that prevents us from succeeding; it's what we know that just ain't so that is our greatest obstacle.
Josh Billings quotes: Pedantry is paraded knowledge. Pedantry is paraded knowledge.
Josh Billings quotes: Adam invented love at first sight, one of the greatest labor-saving machines the world ever saw. Adam invented love at first sight, one of the greatest labor-saving machines the world ever saw.
Josh Billings quotes: It ain't often that a man's reputation outlasts his money. It ain't often that a man's reputation outlasts his money.
Josh Billings quotes: Clothes form the intellect of the dandy. Clothes form the intellect of the dandy.
Josh Billings quotes: Theory looks well on paper, but does not amount to anything without practice. Theory looks well on paper, but does not amount to anything without practice.
Josh Billings quotes: And now the lads and lasses, following the example of the birds, bill and coo together. And now the lads and lasses, following the example of the birds, bill and coo together.
Josh Billings quotes: There is only one good substitute for the endearments of a sister, and that is the endearments of some other fellow's sister. There is only one good substitute for the endearments of a sister, and that is the endearments of some other fellow's sister.
Josh Billings quotes: Man isn't a fool for his ignorance, but rather for believing things that are wrong. Man isn't a fool for his ignorance, but rather for believing things that are wrong.
Josh Billings quotes: It's not ignorance does so much damage; it's knowin' so derned much that ain't so. It's not ignorance does so much damage; it's knowin' so derned much that ain't so.
Josh Billings quotes: There are only two qualities in the world: efficiency and inefficiency; and only two sorts of people: the efficient and the inefficient. There are only two qualities in the world: efficiency and inefficiency; and only two sorts of people: the efficient and the inefficient.
Josh Billings quotes: Some folks are wise and some otherwise. Some folks are wise and some otherwise.
Josh Billings quotes: The secret of forgiving everything is to understand nothing. The secret of forgiving everything is to understand nothing.
Josh Billings quotes: Friendship is like earthenware, once broken, it can be mended; love is like a mirror, once broken that ends it. Friendship is like earthenware, once broken, it can be mended; love is like a mirror, once broken that ends it.
Josh Billings quotes: Wise men have but few confidants, and cunning ones none. Wise men have but few confidants, and cunning ones none.
Josh Billings quotes: If there was no faith there would be no living in this world. If there was no faith there would be no living in this world.
Josh Billings quotes: Economy is a savings-bank, into which men drop pennies, and get dollars in return. Economy is a savings-bank, into which men drop pennies, and get dollars in return.
Josh Billings quotes: Debt is a trap which man sets and baits himself, and then deliberately gets into. Debt is a trap which man sets and baits himself, and then deliberately gets into.
Josh Billings quotes: Titles are valuable; they make us acquainted with many persons who otherwise would be lost among the rubbish. Titles are valuable; they make us acquainted with many persons who otherwise would be lost among the rubbish.
Josh Billings quotes: The great art of writing is knowing when to stop. The great art of writing is knowing when to stop.
Josh Billings quotes: As a general thing, an individual who is neat in his person is neat in his morals. As a general thing, an individual who is neat in his person is neat in his morals.
Josh Billings quotes: Self-made men are most always apt to be a little too proud of the job. Self-made men are most always apt to be a little too proud of the job.
Josh Billings quotes: A secret ceases to be a secret if it is once confided - it is like a dollar bill, once broken, it is never a dollar again. A secret ceases to be a secret if it is once confided - it is like a dollar bill, once broken, it is never a dollar again.

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