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Famous Josh Billings Quotes
“There are two kinds of fools: those who can't change their opinions and those who won't.”
“There are two things in life for which we are never truly prepared: twins.”
“Genius ain't anything more than elegant common sense.”
“Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt, not swallowed.”
“Every man has his follies - and often they are the most interesting thing he has got.”
“There is no greater evidence of superior intelligence than to be surprised at nothing.”
“Be kind to your mother-in-law, but pay for her board at some good hotel.”
“Woman's influence is powerful, especially when she wants something.”
“There's a great power in words, if you don't hitch too many of them together.”
“Economy is a savings-bank, into which men drop pennies, and get dollars in return.”
“Take all the fools out of this world and there wouldn't be any fun living in it, or profit.”
“The road to ruin is always in good repair, and the travellers pay the expense of it.”
“It ain't often that a man's reputation outlasts his money.”
“It's not only the most difficult thing to know one's self, but the most inconvenient.”
“Men mourn for what they have lost; women for what they ain't got.”
“One of the rarest things that a man ever does, is to do the best he can.”
“When a man comes to me for advice, I find out the kind of advice he wants, and I give it to him.”
“Wisdom has never made a bigot, but learning has.”