Josh Billings's Quotes

Josh Billings's Quotes 85

The wheel that squeaks the loudest is the one that gets the grease.

As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand.

To bring up a child in the way he should go, travel that way yourself once in...

Most people repent their sins by thanking God they ain't so wicked as their...

Time is like money, the less we have of it to spare the further we make it go.

A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than you love yourself.

Love looks through a telescope; envy, through a microscope.

Wisdom has never made a bigot, but learning has.

Learning sleeps and snores in libraries, but wisdom is everywhere, wide...

Knowledge is like money: the more he gets, the more he craves.

There is no greater evidence of superior intelligence than to be surprised at...

About the most originality that any writer can hope to achieve honestly is to...

I think when the full horror of being fifty hits you, you should stay home...

A good way I know to find happiness, is to not bore a hole to fit the plug.

Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well.

Laughter is the sensation of feeling good all over and showing it principally...

Marrying for love may be a bit risky, but it is so honest that God can't help...

Every man has his follies - and often they are the most interesting thing he...

Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt, not swallowed.

There are lots of people who mistake their imagination for their memory.

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

There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.

There's a lot of people in this world who spend so much time watching their...

The thinner the ice, the more anxious is everyone to see whether it will bear.

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