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Quotations by author » Josh Billings
American Humorist, 1818-1885
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Confess your sins to the Lord, and you will be forgiven; confess them to men, and you will be laughed at
Sin
Consider the postage stamp, my son. It secures success through its ability to stick to one thing till it gets there.
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Consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing until it gets there.
Usefulness
Contentment is a kind of moral laziness; if thare want ennything but contentment in his world, man wouldn't be any more of a success than an angleworm is
Contentment
Credit is like chastity, they can both stand temptation better than suspicion
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Don't ever prophesy; for if you prophesy wrong, nobody will forget it; and if you prophesy right, nobody will remember it.
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Don't mistake pleasures for happiness. They are a different breed of dog.
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Don't put off till tomorrow what can be enjoyed today.
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Don't take the bull by the horns, take him by the tail; then you can let go when you want to
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Economy is a savings-bank, into which men drop pennies, and get dollars in return.
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Every man has his follies - and often they are the most interesting thing he has got.
Madness
Every man has his follies -- and often they are the most interesting thing he had got.
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Everyone has his foolishness and mostly those are the most interesting things a person has.
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Experience increases our wisdom but doesn't reduce our follies
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Experience is a school where a man learns what a big fool he has been
Experience
Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt of, not swallowed
Flattery
Genius ain't anything more than elegant common sense.
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He whom prosperity humbles, and adversity strengthens, is the true hero
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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.
Honesty
I am a poor man, but I have this consolation: I am poor by accident, not by design.
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