| 72 Famous Quotes by Josh Billings
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“Occasions are rare; and those who know how to seize upon them are rarer.”
Opportunity Quotes |
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“If a man should happen to reach perfection in this world, he would have to die immediately to enjoy himself.”
Perfection Quotes |
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“Consider the postage stamp, my son. It secures success through its ability to stick to one thing till it gets there.”
Perseverance Quotes |
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“Pity costs nothing, and it ain't worth nothing.”
Pity Quotes |
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“Poverty is the step-mother of genius.”
Poverty Quotes |
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“One of the best temporary cures for pride and affection is seasickness; a man who wants to vomit never puts on airs.”
Pride Quotes |
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“If a man is right, he can't be too radical; if he is wrong, he can't be too conservative.”
Radical Quotes |
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“Most people repent their sins by thanking God they ain't so wicked as their neighbors.”
Repentance Quotes |
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“It is much easier to repent of sins that we have committed than to repent of those that we intend to commit.”
Repentance Quotes |
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“Old maids sweeten their tea with scandal.”
Scandal Quotes |
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“The best time for you to hold your tongue is the time you feel you must say something or bust.”
Self-control Quotes |
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“It's not only the most difficult thing to know one's self, but the most inconvenient.”
Self-knowledge Quotes |
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“Confess your sins to the Lord, and you will be forgiven; confess them to men, and you will be laughed at.”
Sin Quotes |
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“A slander is like a hornet; if you can't kill it dead the first time, better not strike at it.”
Slander Quotes |
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“The less we know the more we suspect.”
Suspicion Quotes |
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“Time is like money, the less we have of it to spare the further we make it go.”
Time Quotes |
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“It is the little bits of things that fret and worry us; we can dodge an elephant, but we can't dodge a fly.”
Trifles Quotes |
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“As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand.”
Truth Quotes |
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“Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute.”
Miscellaneous Quotes |
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“There is a significant Latin proverb; to wit: Who will guard the guards?”
Vigilance Quotes |
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“Better make a weak man your enemy than your friend.”
Weakness Quotes |
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“It is a statistical fact that the wicked work harder to reach hell than the righteous do to enter heaven.”
Wickedness Quotes |
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Josh Billings Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings
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