43 quotes by Josh Billings

“Flattery is like cologne; water, to be smelt, not swallowed.” — Josh Billings

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“There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.” — Josh Billings

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“The best way to convince a fool that he is wrong is to let him have his own way.” — Josh Billings

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“If you ever find happiness by hunting for it, you will find it, as the old woman did her lost spectacles, safe on her own nose all the time.” — Josh Billings

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“A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than you love yourself.” — Josh Billings

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“As a general thing, when a woman wears the pants in a family, she has a good right to them.” — Josh Billings

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“There's a great power in words, if you don't hitch too many of them together.” — Josh Billings

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“One of the rarest things that a man ever does, is to do the best he can.” — Josh Billings

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“To bring up a child in the way he should go, travel that way yourself once in a while.” — Josh Billings

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“There's a lot of people in this world who spend so much time watching their health that they haven't the time to enjoy it.” — Josh Billings

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“Laughter is the sensation of feeling good all over and showing it principally in one place.” — Josh Billings

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“Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well.” — Josh Billings

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“Money will buy a pretty good dog, but it won't buy the wag of his tail.” — Josh Billings

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“Knowledge is like money: the more he gets, the more he craves.” — Josh Billings

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“About the most originality that any writer can hope to achieve honestly is to steal with good judgment.” — Josh Billings

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“Learning sleeps and snores in libraries, but wisdom is everywhere, wide awake, on tiptoe.” — Josh Billings

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“Wisdom has never made a bigot, but learning has.” — Josh Billings

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“Love looks through a telescope envy, through a microscope.” — Josh Billings

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“Time is like money, the less we have of it to spare the further we make it go.” — Josh Billings

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“I haven't got as much money as some folks, but I've got as much impudence as any of them, and that's the next thing to money.” — Josh Billings

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“It ain't often that a man's reputation outlasts his money.” — Josh Billings

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“Most people repent their sins by thanking God they ain't so wicked as their neighbors.” — Josh Billings

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“Men mourn for what they have lost women for what they ain't got.” — Josh Billings

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“The best time for you to hold your tongue is the time you feel you must say something or bust.” — Josh Billings

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“One of the best temporary cures for pride and affectation is seasickness a man who wants to vomit never puts on airs.” — Josh Billings

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