Josh Billings quotes and words of wisdom

"The wheel that squeaks the loudest is the one that gets the grease."
Found in the topic Machinery.

"If it wasn"t for faith, there would be no living in this world; we couldn"t even eat hash with any safety."
Found in the topic Faith.

"Words are often seen hunting for an idea, but ideas are never seen hunting for words."
Found in the topic Idea.

"About the most originality that any writer can hope to achieve honestly is to steal with good judgment."
Found in the topic Plagiarism.

"If a man should happen to reach perfection in this world, he would have to die immediately to enjoy himself."
Found in the topic Perfection.

"As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand."
Found in the topic Excess.

"I"ve never known a person to live to be one hundred and be remarkable for anything else."
Found in the topic Age.

"Laughter is the sensation of feeling good all over, and showing it principally on one spot."
Found in the topic Laugh.

"The more humble a man is before God, the more he will be exalted; the more humble he is before man, the more he will get rode roughshod."
Found in the topic Products.

"The truly innocent are those who not only are guiltless themselves, but who think others are."
Found in the topic Action.

"Reason often makes mistakes, but conscience never does."
Found in the topic Unsorted.

"The best time to hold your tongue is the time you feel you must say something or bust."
Found in the topic Tongue.

"To bring up a child in the way he should go, travel that way yourself once in a while."
Found in the topic Children.

"Advice is like castor oil, easy enough to give but dreadful uneasy to take."
Found in the topic Advice.

"One-half the troubles of this life can be traced to saying yes too quickly and not saying no soon enough."
Found in the topic No.

"Always live within your income, even if you have to borrow money to do so."
Found in the topic Borrow.

"One of the rarest things that a man ever does is to do the best he can."
Found in the topic Man.

"A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself."
Found in the topic Dog.

"It is better to know nothing than to know what ain"t so."
Found in the topic If.

"There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness."
Found in the topic Forgive.

Interesting Quotes

Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.Muhammad Ali - US boxer (1942 - )

Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.Carl Jung - Swiss psychologist (1875 - 1961)