Josh Billings quotes - page 2

Plenty of folks are so contrary that if they should fall into the river, they would insist upon floating upstream. (Josh Billings)
Virtue does not consist in the absence of the passions, but in the control of them. View quote
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The less we know the more we suspect. View quote
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Better make a weak man your enemy than your friend. View quote
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There iz only one good substitute for the endearments ov a sister, and that iz the endearments ov sum other pheller's sister. View quote
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A secret ceases to be a secret if it is once confided-it is like a dollar bill, once broken, it is never a dollar again. View quote
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Life is short, but it's long enough to ruin any man who wants to be ruined. View quote
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Most people when they come to you for advice, come to have their own opinions strengthened, not corrected. View quote
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A puppy plays with every pup he meets, but an old dog has few associates. View quote
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There are lots of people who mistake their imagination for their memory. View quote
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About the most originality that any writer can hope to achieve honestly is to steal with good judgment. (Josh Billings)
It is much easier to repent of sins that we have committed than to repent of those that we intend to commit. View quote
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Put an Englishman into the garden of Eden, and he would find fault with the whole blasted concern; put a Yankee in, and he would see where he could alter it to advantage; put an Irishman in, and he would want to boss the thing; put a Dutchman in, and he would proceed to plant it. View quote
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Prejudice iz a hous plant which iz very apt tew wither if yu take it out doors amungst pholks. View quote
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It iz comparitively eazy tew repent ov the sins that we hav committed, but tew repent ov thoze which we intend to commit, is asking tew mutch ov enny man, now days. View quote
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The lion and the lamb may, possibly, sumtime lay down in this world together for a fu minnits, but when the lion kums tew git up, the lamb will be missing. View quote
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As in a game ov cards, so in the game ov life, we must play what is dealt tew us, and the glory consists, not so mutch in winning, as in playing a poor hand well. View quote
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I dont never hav enny trouble in regulating mi own kondukt, but tew keep other pholks straight iz what bothers me. View quote
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Love is like the measles; we can't have it bad but once, and the later in life we have it the tougher it goes with us. View quote
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Dangers are sum like a kold bath, very dangerous while you stand stripped on the bank, but often not only harmless, but invigorating, if you pitch into them. View quote
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I have never known a person to live to be one hundred and be remarkable for anything else. (Josh Billings)
Money will buy a pretty good dog, but it won't buy the wag of his tail. View quote
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Laughter is the sensation of feeling good all over and showing it principally in one place. View quote
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When a man comes to me for advice, I find out the kind of advice he wants, and I give it to him. View quote
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Every man should kno sumthing ov law--if he knows enuff tew keep out ov it, he iz a prety good lawyer. View quote
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