Quotes by Josh Billings

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  • Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well.
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  • There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.
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  • Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute.
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  • Common sense is instinct, and enough of it is genius.
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  • A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself.
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  • The trouble with most folks isn't so much their ignorance. It's know'n so many things that ain't so.
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  • About the most originality that any writer can hope to achieve honestly is to steal with good judgment.
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  • Laughing is the sensation of feeling good all over and showing it principally in one spot.
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  • Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are and doing things as they ought to be done.
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  • You can buy a pretty good dog with a lot of money, but you can't buy the wag of its tail.
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  • It may be risky to marry for love, but it's so honest that the Lord just has to smile on it.
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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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  • Those who enter heaven may find the outer walls plastered with creeds, but they won't find any on the inside.
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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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  • No one can disgrace us but ourselves.
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  • My son, observe the postage stamp! Its usefulness depends upon its ability to stick to one thing until it gets there.
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  • If there was no faith there would be no living in this world. We couldn't even eat hash with safety.
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  • One of rarest things that a man ever does is to do the best he can.
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  • Every man has his follies -- and often they are the most interesting thing he had got.
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  • Love looks through a telescope; envy, through a microscope.
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  • As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand.
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  • The time to pray is not when we are in a tight spot but just as soon as we get out of it.
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  • Don't take the bull by the horns, take him by the tail; then you can let go when you want to.
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  • Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt of, not swallowed.
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  • The best way to convince a fool that he is wrong is to let him have his own way.
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