Josh Billings Quotes - Page 6

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• Laughter is the sensation of feeling good all over and showing it principally in one place.

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  Happiness, Smile, Laughter

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• When a man makes up his mind to become a rascal, he should examine himself closely and see if he isn't better constructed for a fool.

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  Men, Mind, Fool

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• Silence is said to be golden, but the best fools the world has ever produced had nothing to say on the subject

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  Silence, World, Golden

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• There are two things in life for which we are never truly prepared: twins.

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  Things In Life, Two, Comedy

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• Take the selfishness out of this world and there would be more happiness than we should know what to do with.

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  Selfishness, Would Be, World

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• What the world wants iz [sic] good examples, not so mutch advice; advice may be wrong, but examples prove themselves.

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  Advice, Example, World

  "Puddin [sic] and Milk". "The Complete Works of Josh Billings". Book by Josh Billings, 1842.

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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.

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  Garden, Yankees, Eden

  "Josh Billings, Hiz Sayings". Book by Josh Billings, 1865.

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• Satire that is seasonable and just is often more effectual than law or gospel.

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  Law, Satire

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• Knowledge is like money, the more a man gits the more he hankers for.

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  Men

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

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• Wise men have but few confidants, and cunning ones none.

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  Confidence, Wise, Men

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• The soul has more diseases than the body.

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  Soul, Body, Disease

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• I hold that a man has as much right to spell a word as it is pronounced as he has to pronounce it the way it ain't spelled.

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  Men, Way, Spells

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• The very thing that men think they have got the most of, they have got the least of; and that is judgment.

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  Men, Thinking, Judgment

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• Threescore years and ten is enough; if a man can't suffer all the misery he wants in that time, he must be numb.

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  Life, Men, Years

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• You should always live within your income, even if you have to borrow to do so.

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  Funny, Money, Income

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• About the only difference between the poor and the rich, is this, the poor suffer misery, while the rich have to enjoy it.

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  Differences, Suffering, Comedy

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• Man isn't a fool for his ignorance, but rather for believing things that are wrong.

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  Believe, Ignorance, Men

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• Common sense is instinct, and enough of it is genius.

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  Common Sense, Genius, Comedy

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• Learning sleeps and snores in libraries, but wisdom is everywhere, wide awake, on tiptoe.

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  Wisdom, Learning, Sleep

  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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• A good place to visit, but a poor place to stay.

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  Poor, Good Place

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• Lying is like trying to hide in a fog: If you move about you're in danger of bumping your head against the truth, and as soon as the fog blows off, you are gone anyhow.

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  Lying, Moving, Blow

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• Prejudice assumes the garb of reason, but the cheat is too thin.

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  Prejudice, Assuming, Reason

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• Marrying for love may be a bit risky, but it is so honest that God can't help but smile on it.

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  Inspirational, Smile, Anniversary

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• Error will slip through a crack, while truth will stick in a doorway.

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  Errors, Cracks, Doorways

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• The happiest time in any man's life is when he is in red-hot pursuit of a dollar with a reasonable prospect of overtaking it.

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  Funny, Happiness, Business

  "Uncle Sam's Uncle Josh".

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