“One of the rarest things that a man ever does, is to do the best he can.”
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“As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand.”
TruthAll Quotes by Josh Billings
“The man whose only pleasure in life is making money, weighs less on the moral scale than an angleworm.”
Money“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“Time is like money, the less we have of it to spare the further we make it go.”
Money“The thinner the ice, the more anxious is everyone to see whether it will bear.”
Fear“The best time for you to hold your tongue is the time you feel you must say something or bust.”
Best“Men mourn for what they have lost women for what they ain't got.”
Women“There's a great power in words, if you don't hitch too many of them together.”
Funny“Knowledge is like money: the more he gets, the more he craves.”
Knowledge“Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt, not swallowed.”
Funny“The best medicine I know for rheumatism is to thank the Lord that it ain't gout.”
Best“Love looks through a telescope envy, through a microscope.”
Love“There is no greater evidence of superior intelligence than to be surprised at nothing.”
Intelligence“Laughter is the sensation of feeling good all over and showing it principally in one place.”
Good“As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand.”
Truth“It is not all bad, this getting old, ripening. After the fruit has got its growth it should juice up and mellow. God forbid I should live long enough to ferment and rot and fall to the ground in a squash.”
God“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“It ain't often that a man's reputation outlasts his money.”
Money“Honesty is the rarest wealth anyone can possess, and yet all the honesty in the world ain't lawful tender for a loaf of bread.”
Wisdom“There are lots of people who mistake their imagination for their memory.”
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