Experience increases our wisdom but doesn't reduce our follies. Josh Billings More Quotes by Josh Billings More Quotes From Josh Billings Perseverance is king. Josh Billings perseverancekings I hate to be a kicker, I always long for peace, But the wheel that does the squeaking, is the one that gets the grease. Josh Billings greasehatelong The devil is the father of lies, but he neglected to patent the idea, and the business now suffers from competition. Josh Billings fatherlyingideas We should make virtue our master, not our servant. Josh Billings virtuemastersshould Debt is a trap which man sets and baits himself, and then deliberately gets into. Josh Billings baitdebtmen Tears are a good alterative, but a poor diet. Josh Billings dietspoortears It is a great deal easier for a man to find a pedigree to fit his virtues than virtues to fit his pedigree. Josh Billings fitvirtuemen If men were stubborn just in proportion as they were right, stubbornness would take her seat among the virtues; but men are generally stubborn just in proportion as they are ignorant and wrong. Josh Billings ignorantstubbornmen Honesty is the rarest wealth anyone can possess. Josh Billings wealthethicshonesty As in a game ov cards, so in the game ov life, we must play what is dealt tew us, and the glory consists, not so mutch in winning, as in playing a poor hand well. Josh Billings gameswinninghands Ambition is like hunger; it obeys no law but its appetite Josh Billings hungerambitionlaw Music hath the charm to soothe a savage beast, but I'd try a revolver first. Josh Billings musichumorousfunny Threescore years and ten is enough; if a man can't suffer all the misery he wants in that time, he must be numb. Josh Billings menlifeyears Common sense is instinct, and enough of it is genius. Josh Billings common-sensecomedygenius Experience is a grindstone; and it is lucky for us, if we can get brightened by it, and not ground. Josh Billings experienceinspirationallife The man whose only pleasure in life is making money, weighs less on the moral scale than an angleworm. Josh Billings moralcomedymen Adversity has the same effect on a man that severe training has on the pugilist: it reduces him to his fighting weight. Josh Billings adversityfightinglife Opinions should be formed with great caution, and changed with greater. Josh Billings changedopinionshould Marrying a woman for her money is very much like setting a rat-trap, and baiting it with your own finger. Josh Billings trapsfingersrats Jealousy is one of love's parasites. Josh Billings parasitesjealousy
