The trouble with most folks isn't so much their ignorance, as knowing so many things that ain't so. Josh Billings More Quotes by Josh Billings More Quotes From Josh Billings Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are, and doing things as they ought to be done. Josh Billings common-senseinspirationalwrestling There is nothing so easy to learn as experience and nothing so hard to apply. Josh Billings experiencelearningwise Never work before breakfast; if you have to work before breakfast, eat your breakfast first. Josh Billings good-morningbusinesswork If you ever find happiness by hunting for it, you will find it, as the old woman did her lost spectacles, safe on her own nose all the time. Josh Billings happyhappinessfunny Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute. Josh Billings parentingcommunicationanger There are people so addicted to exaggeration that they actually can't tell the truth without lying. Josh Billings exaggeration-islyingpeople Money will buy a pretty good dog, but it won't buy the wag of his tail. Josh Billings doginspirationalfunny The miser and the glutton are two facetious buzzards: one hides his store, and the other stores his hide. Josh Billings buzzardsstorestwo If you would make yourself agreeable wherever you go, listen to the grievances of others but never relate your own. Josh Billings relategrievanceifs Plenty of folks are so contrary that if they should fall into the river, they would insist upon floating upstream. Josh Billings floatingriversfall One of the rarest things that a man ever does, is to do the best he can. Josh Billings qualitydoemen Man is my brother, and I am nearer related to him through his vices than I am through his virtue. Josh Billings vicesbrothermen There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness. Josh Billings vengeanceforgivenessrevenge Politeness is better than logic. You can often persuade when you cannot convince. Josh Billings politenessconvincelogic The best way to convince a fool that he is wrong is to let him have his own way. Josh Billings wisesillyinspirational Common sense is an instinct given to man and enough of it is genius. Smartness is measured by the level of common sense one has, not by how much educated or knowledgeable he is. Josh Billings common-sensegeniusmen [Science is] the literature of truth. Josh Billings literaturescience Adam invented love at first sight, one of the greatest labor-saving machines the world ever saw. Josh Billings machinessightlove Reason often makes mistakes, but conscience never does. Josh Billings wisedoemistake About the most originality that any writer can hope to achieve honestly is to steal with good judgment. Josh Billings originalityhonestart
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