A collection of quotes by Josh Billings.
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I don't care how much a person talks, if they only say it in a few words.
Josh Billings
As long as we are lucky we attribute it to our smartness; our bad luck we give the gods credit for.
Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute.
One of the best temporary cures for pride and affection is seasickness; a man who wants to vomit never puts on airs.
Marrying for love may be a bit risky, but it is so honest that God can't help but smile on it.
The trouble with people is not that they dont know but that they know so much that aint so.
Don't take the bull by the horns, take him by the tail; then you can let go when you want to.
Adversity has the same effect on a man that severe training has on the pugilist -- it reduces him to his fighting weight.
Reason often makes mistakes, but conscience never does.
When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.
Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are, and doing things as they ought to be done.
A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than you love yourself.
There are some people so addicted to exaggeration that they can't tell the truth without lying.
Wisdom has never made a bigot, but learning has.
One of the rarest things that a man ever does, is to do the best he can.
If there was no faith there would be no living in this world. We could not even eat hash with any safety.
I think when the full horror of being fifty hits you, you should stay home and have a good cry.
As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand.
Flattery is like cologne; water, to be smelt, not swallowed.
Time is like money, the less we have of it to spare the further we make it go.
