It ain't what folks know that's the problem, it's what they know that ain't so. Josh Billings More Quotes by Josh Billings More Quotes From Josh Billings Learning sleeps and snores in libraries, but wisdom is everywhere, wide awake, on tiptoe. Josh Billings learningwisdomsleep The thinner the ice, the more anxious is everyone to see whether it will bear. Josh Billings anxietyicefear Contentment is a kind of moral laziness; if there wasn't anything but contentment in his world, man wouldn't be any more of a success than an angleworm is Josh Billings lazinessmenworld You should always live within your income, even if you have to borrow to do so. Josh Billings incomemoneyfunny Don't have any more secrets than you can keep yourself. Josh Billings secret Everybody in this world wants watching, but nobody more than ourselves. Josh Billings this-worldwantworld Men who have much to say use the fewest words. Josh Billings usemen Dangers are sum like a kold bath, very dangerous while you stand stripped on the bank, but often not only harmless, but invigorating, if you pitch into them. Josh Billings invigoratingbathsdanger A secret ceases to be a secret if it is once confided - it is like a dollar bill, once broken, it is never a dollar again. Josh Billings dollar-billsbrokensecret The morning paper is just as necessary for an American as dew is to the grass. Josh Billings dewpapermorning About the only difference between the poor and the rich, is this, the poor suffer misery, while the rich have to enjoy it. Josh Billings comedydifferencessuffering Poverty is the step-mother of genius. Josh Billings povertygeniusmother Anxiety will bear a lot of nuisance. Josh Billings nuisanceanxietybears The quickest way to take the starch out of someone who is always blaming himself is to agree with him. Josh Billings agreeblameway We have some writers so abstruse and deep that they drown themselves in their fathomless sentences. Josh Billings sentenceswriting Debt is like any other trap, easy enough to get into, but hard enough to get out of. Josh Billings debtenougheasy Better make a weak man your enemy than your friend. Josh Billings weak-manmenenemy It's not what we don't know that prevents us from succeeding; it's what we know that just ain't so that is our greatest obstacle. Josh Billings obstaclessucceedknows To bring up a child in the way he should go, travel that way yourself once in a while. Josh Billings dadfamilychildren The fools in this world make about as much trouble as the wicked do. Josh Billings wickedfoolworld
