Josh Billings Quotes

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• The greatest thief this world has ever produced is procrastination, and he is still at large.

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  Inspirational, Funny, Life

  Josh Billings (1874). “Josh Billings' Wit and Humor”, p.208

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• Some folks as they grow older grow wise but most folks simply grow stubborner.

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  Wise, Aging, Folks

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• As the flint contains the spark, unknown to itself, which the steel alone can awaken to life, so adversity often reveals to us hidden gems, which prosperity or negligence would forever have hidden.

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  Adversity, Forever, Steel

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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.

  Josh Billings

  Life, Positive, Inspiration

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• As a general rule, if you want to get at the truth - hear both sides and believe neither.

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  Believe, Sides, Want

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• Some folks are wise and some otherwise.

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  Wise, Wisdom, Stupidity And Ignorance

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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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  People, Worry, Sorrow

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• Be like a postage stamp. Stick to one thing until you get there.

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  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• If you do not know how to lie, cheat, and steal, turn your attention to politics and learn.

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  Lying, Attention, Politics

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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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  Inspirational, Funny, Time

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• There are people so addicted to exaggeration that they actually can't tell the truth without lying.

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  Lying, Exaggeration Is, People

  "Wit and Wisdom of Josh Billings: Choice Bits of Fun and Philosophy of the Great Humorist Carefully Collected and Revised".

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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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  Motivational, Health, Ideas

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• Ignorance ain't not knowin' stuff; ignorance is knowin' stuff that AIN'T TRUE.

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  Ignorance, Stuff

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• The man who has never been tempted doesn't know how dishonest he is.

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  Men, He Man, Tempted

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

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  Inspirational, Life, Bad Day

  Josh Billings (1972). “Uncle Sam's Uncle Josh: Or, Josh Billings on Practically Everything, Distilled from Josh's Rum and Tansy New England Wit by Donald Day”

  36 Copy quote

• One of the greatest victories you can gain over someone is to beat him at politeness.

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  Greatest Victory, Gains, Funny Business

  "Lifetime Speaker's Encyclopedia". Book by Jacob Morton Braude (p. 601), 1962.

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• Most people when they come to you for advice, come to have their own opinions strengthened, not corrected.

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  People, Advice, Opinion

  Josh Billings (1972). “Uncle Sam's Uncle Josh: Or, Josh Billings on Practically Everything, Distilled from Josh's Rum and Tansy New England Wit by Donald Day”

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• It ain't what a man don't know that makes him a fool, but what he does know that ain't so.

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  Men, Doe, Fool

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

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  Love, Friendship, Dog

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• Men mourn for what they have lost; women for what they ain't got.

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  Women, Comedy, Lost

  Josh Billings (1972). “Uncle Sam's Uncle Josh: Or, Josh Billings on Practically Everything, Distilled from Josh's Rum and Tansy New England Wit by Donald Day”

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• When the truth is in your way, you are on the wrong road.

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  Way, Truth Is, Wrong Road

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• We mingle in society not so much to meet others as to escape ourselves.

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  Society

  Josh Billings (1972). “Uncle Sam's Uncle Josh: Or, Josh Billings on Practically Everything, Distilled from Josh's Rum and Tansy New England Wit by Donald Day”

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• There are two kinds of fools: those who can't change their opinions and those who won't.

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  Change, Two, Fool

  Josh Billings (1972). “Uncle Sam's Uncle Josh: Or, Josh Billings on Practically Everything, Distilled from Josh's Rum and Tansy New England Wit by Donald Day”

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

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  Relationship, Jealousy, Hate

  Josh Billings (1874). “Everybody's Friend, Or Josh Billing's Encyclopedia and Proverbial Philosophy of Wit and Humor”, p.304

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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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  Inspirational, Wise, Silly

  Josh Billings (1972). “Uncle Sam's Uncle Josh: Or, Josh Billings on Practically Everything, Distilled from Josh's Rum and Tansy New England Wit by Donald Day”

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