Josh Billings Quotes - Page 13

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• Clothes form the intellect of the dandy.

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  Clothes, Form, Intellect

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• Despatch is taking time by the ears; hurry is taking it by the end of the tail.

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  Tails, Ears, Ends

  Josh Billings (1874). “Josh Billings' Wit and Humor”, p.152

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• Zoroaster said, when in doubt abstain; but this does not always apply. At cards, when in doubt take the trick.

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  Doubt, Doe, Cards

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• Dr. Holmes says, both wittily and truly, that crying widows are easiest consoled.

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  Grief, Drs, Widows

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• Ill-nature is a sort of running sore of the disposition.

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  Running, Disposition, Ill

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• Every man should know something of law; if he knows enough to keep out of it, he is a pretty good lawyer.

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  Men, Law, Enough

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• Early genius, like early cabbage, does not head well.

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  Doe, Genius, Cabbage

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• Silence never makes any blunders.

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  Silence, Blunders

  Josh Billings (1913). “Wit and Wisdom of Josh Billings [pseud.]: Choice Bits of Fun and Philosophy of the Great Humorist Carefully Collected and Revised”

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• Truth is the edict of God.

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  Truth, Truth Is

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• And now the lads and lasses, following the example of the birds, bill and coo together.

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  Bird, Together, Example

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• There is no limit to the vanity of this world. Each spoke in the wheel thinks the whole strength of the wheel depends upon it.

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  Thinking, Vanity, World

  Josh Billings (1874). “Josh Billings' Wit and Humor”, p.221

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• Vanity is a strange passion; rather than be out of a job it will brag of its vices.

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  Jobs, Passion, Vanity

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• Seneca devoted much of his time to writing essays in praise of poverty, and in lending money at usurious rates.

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  Writing, Poverty, Wealth

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• Taking from others never results in prosperity. If we steal from others, life will steal from us. There is an incredible abundance on this planet. True prosperity begins with feeling good about yourself and about the choices you make. Life is here for us. Life is here to support us in every way. We give out, we get back. 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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  Honesty, Giving, Choices

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• Genuine laughing is the vent of the soul, the nostrils of the heart, and just as necessary for health and happiness as spring water is for a trout.

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  Spring, Heart, Water

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• It strains a man's philosophy the worst kind to laugh when he gets beat.

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  Philosophy, Men, Laughing

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• Life is like a mountain: after climbing up one side and sliding down the other, put up the sled.

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  Climbing, Life Is Like, Mountain

  Josh Billings (1874). “Josh Billings' Wit and Humor”, p.173

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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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  Fall, Fruit Juice, Squash

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• A good way I know to find happiness, is to not bore a hole to fit the plug.

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  Happiness, Way, Fit

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• I think when the full horror of being fifty hits you, you should stay home and have a good cry.

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  Stay Strong, Home, Thinking

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• Advice maybe wrong, but examples prove themselves.

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  Advice, Example, Prove

  Josh Billings (1874). “Everybody's Friend, Or Josh Billing's Encyclopedia and Proverbial Philosophy of Wit and Humor”, p.216

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• Music wasn't made to make us wise, but better natured.

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  Wise, Made

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• The dog that will follow everbody ain't worth a curse.

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  Dog, Curse

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• The man who gets bit twice by the same dog is better adapted for that kind of business than any other.

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  Dog, Men, Kind

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• There is gravity in wisdom, but no particular wisdom in gravity.

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  Gravity, Particular

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