Josh Billings Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings

72 Famous Quotes by Josh Billings
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“A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself.”
Animals Quotes
“There is a sort of charm in ugliness, if the person has some redeeming qualities and is only ugly enough”
Charm Quotes
“Confess your sins to the Lord and you will be forgiven; confess them to man and you will be laughed at.”
Confession Quotes
“Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt of, not swallowed”
Flattery Quotes
“Incredulity is the wisdom of the fool”
Incredulity Quotes
“A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself.”
Loyalty Quotes
“A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself.”
Pets Quotes
“One of the greatest victories you can gain over someone is to beat him at politeness.”
Politeness Quotes
“There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.”
Revenge Quotes
“There are two things in life for which we are never truly prepared: Twins.”
Twins Quotes
“Consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing until it gets there.”
Usefulness Quotes
“If it wasn't for faith, there would be no living in this world; we couldn't even eat hash with any safety.”
Faith Quotes
“If there was no faith there would be no living in this world. We couldn't even eat hash with safety.”
Faith Quotes
“Take all the fools out of this world and there wouldn't be any fun living in it, or profit.”
Fools Quotes
“There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.”
Forgiveness Quotes
“If a man should happen to reach perfection in this world, he would have to die immediately to enjoy himself.”
Perfection Quotes
“I've never known a person who lives to 110 who is remarkable for anything else.”
Age Quotes
“Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute.”
Argument Quotes
“I have lived in this world just long enough to look carefully the second time into things that I am the most concerned of the first time.”
Caution Quotes
“The miser and the glutton are two facetious buzzards: one hides his store, and the other stores his hide.”
Gluttony Quotes
“One-half the troubles of this life can be traced to saying yes too quickly and not saying no soon enough.”
Quick Quotes
“There's a great power in words, if you don't hitch too many of them together.”
Brevity Quotes
“Advice is like castor oil, easy enough to give but dreadful uneasy to take.”
Advice / experience / wisdom Quotes
“In youth we run into difficulties; in old age difficulties run into us. -Josh Billings.”
Age Quotes
“Consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing till it gets there.”
Ability Quotes