“When a young man begins to go down hill everything seems to be greased for the occasion.”
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Famous Josh Billings Quotes
“There are lots of people who mistake their imagination for their memory.”
“The best time for you to hold your tongue is the time you feel you must say something or bust.”
“Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt, not swallowed.”
Source: Uncle Sam's Uncle Josh: Or, Josh Billings on Practically Everything, Distilled from Josh's Rum and Tansy New England Wit by Donald Day
“Every man has his follies - and often they are the most interesting thing he has got.”
Source: Uncle Sam's Uncle Josh: Or, Josh Billings on Practically Everything, Distilled from Josh's Rum and Tansy New England Wit by Donald Day
“Advice is like castor oil — easy enough to give but dreadful hard to take.”
“Life is short, but it's long enough to ruin any man who wants to be ruined.”
“Money will buy a pretty good dog, but it won't buy the wag of his tail.”
Source: Uncle Sam's Uncle Josh: Or, Josh Billings on Practically Everything, Distilled from Josh's Rum and Tansy New England Wit by Donald Day
“There's a great power in words, if you don't hitch too many of them together.”
Source: Uncle Sam's Uncle Josh: Or, Josh Billings on Practically Everything, Distilled from Josh's Rum and Tansy New England Wit by Donald Day
“As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand.”
“Take all the fools out of this world and there wouldn't be any fun living in it, or profit.”
“Time is like money, the less we have of it to spare the further we make it go.”
“It's not only the most difficult thing to know one's self, but the most inconvenient.”
“The greatest thief this world has ever produced is procrastination, and he is still at large.”
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“You should always live within your income, even if you have to borrow to do so.”
“Music hath the charm to soothe a savage beast, but I'd try a revolver first.”