Josh Billings Quote

Accepting praise that is not our due is not much better than to be a receiver of stolen goods.

Everybody's Friend, or: Josh Billing's [sic] Encyclopedia and Proverbial Philosophy of Wit and Humor (1873)

Accepting praise that is not our due is not much better than to be a receiver of stolen goods.

Accepting praise that is not our due is not much better than to be a receiver of stolen goods.

Accepting praise that is not our due is not much better than to be a receiver of stolen goods.

Accepting praise that is not our due is not much better than to be a receiver of stolen goods.