“About the most originality that any writer can hope to achieve honestly is to steal with good judgment.”
Hope
“The best time for you to hold your tongue is the time you feel you must say something or bust.”
BestAll Quotes by Josh Billings
“A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than you love yourself.”
Love“The wheel that squeaks the loudest is the one that gets the grease.”
Wisdom“There is no greater evidence of superior intelligence than to be surprised at nothing.”
Intelligence“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.”
Fitness“Money will buy a pretty good dog, but it won't buy the wag of his tail.”
Money“As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand.”
Truth“The man whose only pleasure in life is making money, weighs less on the moral scale than an angleworm.”
Money“There's a great power in words, if you don't hitch too many of them together.”
Funny“The best way to convince a fool that he is wrong is to let him have his own way.”
Best“Most people repent their sins by thanking God they ain't so wicked as their neighbors.”
Thankful“Learning sleeps and snores in libraries, but wisdom is everywhere, wide awake, on tiptoe.”
Learning“I think when the full horror of being fifty hits you, you should stay home and have a good cry.”
Age“A good way I know to find happiness, is to not bore a hole to fit the plug.”
Happiness“Every man has his follies - and often they are the most interesting thing he has got.”
Funny“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.”
Happiness“Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt, not swallowed.”
Funny“One of the best temporary cures for pride and affectation is seasickness a man who wants to vomit never puts on airs.”
Best“Laughter is the sensation of feeling good all over and showing it principally in one place.”
Good“The best time for you to hold your tongue is the time you feel you must say something or bust.”
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