Josh Billings Quotes

Genius ain`t anything more than elegant common sense.

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

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

There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.

About the most originality that any writer can hope to achieve honestly is to steal with good judgment.

The wheel that squeaks the loudest is the one that gets the grease.

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

Marrying for love may be a bit risky, but it is so honest that God can`t help but smile on it.

There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.

Incredulity is the wisdom of the fool

A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself.

Words are often seen hunting for an idea, but ideas are never seen hunting for words.

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

There is a sort of charm in ugliness, if the person has some redeeming qualities and is only ugly enough

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

Every man has his follies - and often they are the most interesting thing he has got.

There`s a great power in words, if you don`t hitch too many of them together.

Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt of, not swallowed

Confess your sins to the Lord and you will be forgiven; confess them to man and you will be laughed at.

Consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing until it gets there.

There is nothing so easy to learn as experience and nothing so hard to apply.