Josh Billings > Quotes

“A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself.”
― Josh Billings

“To bring up a child in the way he should go, travel that way yourself once in a while.”
― Josh Billings

“The best time for you to hold your tongue is the time you feel you must say something or bust.”
― Josh Billings

“Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well”
― Josh Billings

“Don't put off till tomorrow what can be enjoyed today.”
― Josh Billings

“Love looks through a telescope; envy, through a microscope.”
― Josh Billings

“As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand.”
― Josh Billings

“Genius after all ain't anything more then elegant common sense.”
― Josh Billings

“In the whole history of the world there is but one thing that money cannot buy...to wit--the wag of a dog's tail.”
― Josh Billings

“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.”
― Josh Billings

“There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.”
― Josh Billings

“Laughing is the sensation of feeling good all over and showing it principally in one spot.”
― Josh Billings

“Consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing till it gets there.”
― Josh Billings

“About the most originality that any writer can hope to achieve honestly is to steal with good judgment.”
― Josh Billings, Josh Billings, Hiz Sayings

“There's a great power in words, if you don't hitch too many of them together.”
― Josh Billings

“Learning sleeps and snores in libraries, but wisdom is everywhere, wide awake, on tiptoe. ”
― Josh Billings

“Success does not consist in never making blunders, but in never making the same one a second time.”
― Josh Billings

“It's not only the most difficult thing to know one's self, but the most inconvenient.”
― Josh Billings

“The trouble with most folks isn't their ignorance. It's knowin' so many things that ain't so.”
― Josh Billings

“Adversity has the same effect on a man that severe training has on the pugilist: it reduces him to his fighting weight.”
― Josh Billings

“Genius ain't anything more than elegant common sense”
― Josh Billings

“Remember the poor, it costs nothing.”
― Josh Billings

“If there was no faith there would be no living in this world.”
― Josh Billings