Josh Billings Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“Consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing till it gets there.”
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“Be like a postage stamp. Stick to one thing until you get there.”
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“Love looks through a telescope; envy, through a microscope.”
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“Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well.”
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“Health is like money, we never have a true idea of its value until we lose it.”
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“Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute.”
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“Half of the troubles of this life can be traced to saying yes too quickly and not saying no soon enough.”
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“To bring up a child in the way he should go, travel that way yourself once in a while.”
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“The best time for you to hold your tongue is the time you feel you must say something or bust.”
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“There are lots of people who mistake their imagination for their memory.”
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“We hate those who will not take our advice, and despise them who do.”
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“Experience makes more timid men than it does wise ones.”
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“Laughter is the sensation of feeling good all over and showing it principally in one place.”
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“Marrying for love may be a bit risky, but it is so honest that God can't help but smile on it.”
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“There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.”
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“Occasions are rare; and those, who know how to seize upon them, are rarer.”
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“There are some people so addicted to exaggeration that they can't tell the truth without lying.”
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“There are people who are always anticipating trouble, and in this way they manage to enjoy many sorrows that never really happen to them.”
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“Woman's influence is powerful, especially when she wants something.”
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“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.”
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“Common sense is instinct, and enough of it is genius.”
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“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.”
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“Learning sleeps and snores in libraries, but wisdom is everywhere, wide awake, on tiptoe.”
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“There are two things in life for which we are never truly prepared: twins.”
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“One of the greatest victories you can gain over someone is to beat him at politeness.”
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“Confess your sins to the Lord and you will be forgiven; confess them to man and you will be laughed at.”
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