Josh Billings Short Quotes

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It is better to look wise, than to talk foolish.

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There is but few people in this world underrated.

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Young man, don't grind your scythe all on one side!

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Better make a weak man your enemy than your friend.

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Ambition is like hunger; it obeys no law but its appetite.

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Wisdom that don't make us happier ain't worth plowing for.

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Love looks through a telescope; envy, through a microscope.

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"Vote early and vote often" is the Politician's golden rule.

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People of good sense are those whose opinions agree with ours.

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Flattery is like Cologne water, to be smelt of, not swallowed.

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To enjoy a good reputation, give publicly, and steal privately.

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When a man starts down hill everything is greased for the occasion.

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The cheapest and best way to convince a fool, is to agree with him.

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Woman's influence is powerful, especially when she wants something.

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Nature never makes any blunders; when she makes a fool she means it.

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I hate grate talkers; i had rather hav a swarm of bees lite onto me.

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I don't care how much a man talks, if he only says it in a few words.

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

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

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Pyrotechnically considered, [laughing] is the fire-works of the soul.

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It requires more good judgment to know when to talk, than what to say.

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You can't analyze a kiss any more than you can the breath of a flower.

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There is no such thing as being proud before man and humble before God.

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A learned fool is one who has read everything and simply remembered it.

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We mingle in society not so much to meet others as to escape ourselves.

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Opinions should be formed with great caution, and changed with greater.

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To bring up a child in the way he should go—travel that way yourself.

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Politeness is often wasted, but it is a good and cheap mistake to make.

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Advice is like kissing; it costs nothing and is a pleasant thing to do.

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Money will buy a pretty good dog, but it won't buy the wag of his tail.

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