Quotes by Josh Billings

Josh Billings

Josh Billings

American humorist

Lived from: 1818 - 1885

Category: Comedians Country: FlagUnited States

Born: 21 april 1818 Died: 14 october 1885

  • Most people when they come to you for advice, come to have their own opinions strengthened, not corrected.
  • If a man should happen to reach perfection in this world, he would have to die immediately to enjoy himself.
  • The trouble with most folks ain't so much their ignorance as knowing so many things that ain't so.
  • I have never known a person to live to be one hundred and be remarkable for anything else.
  • I have lived in this world just long enough to look carefully the second time into things that I am the most certain of the first time.
  • I have lived in the world just long enough to look carefully the second time into those things that I am most certain of the first time.
  • As long as we are lucky we attribute it to our smartness; our bad luck we give the gods credit for.
  • The best time for you to hold your tongue is the time you feel you must say something or bust.
  • You can buy a pretty good dog with a lot of money, but you can't buy the wag of its tail.
  • Don't mistake pleasure for happiness. They are a different breed of dogs.
  • There are people who are always anticipating trouble, and in this way they manage to enjoy many sorrows that never really happen to them.
  • Time is like money, the less we have of it to spare the further we make it go.
  • Men mourn for what they have lost; women for what they ain't got.
  • Laughing is the sensation of feeling good all over and showing it principally in one spot.
  • One of rarest things that a man ever does is to do the best he can.
  • Love looks through a telescope; envy, through a microscope.
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  • Experience increases our wisdom but doesn't reduce our follies.
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  • The best way to convince a fool that he is wrong is to let him have his way.
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  • Incredulity is the wisdom of the fool.
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  • A good place to visit, but a poor place to stay.
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  • Adversity has the same effect on a man that severe training has on the pugilist - it reduces him to his fighting weight.
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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.
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  • Don't put off till tomorrow what can be enjoyed today.
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  • A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than you love yourself.
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  • A good way I know to find happiness, is to not bore a hole to fit the plug.
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  • A puppy plays with every pup he meets, but an old dog has few associates.
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  • About the most originality that any writer can hope to achieve honestly is to steal with good judgment.
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  • Advice is like castor oil, easy to give, but dreadful to take.
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  • As a general thing, when the woman wears the pants in the family, she has a good right to them.
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  • As long as we are lucky we attribute it to our smartness; our bad luck we give the gods credit for.
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  • As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand.
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  • Be kind to your mother-in-law, but pay for her board at some good hotel.
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  • Common sense is instinct, and enough of it is genius.
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  • Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are, and doing things as they ought to be done.
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  • Don't ever prophesy; for if you prophesy wrong, nobody will forget it; and if you prophesy right, nobody will remember it.
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  • Don't mistake pleasure for happiness. They are a different breed of dogs.
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What are the most famous quotes from Josh Billings?

The two most famous quotes from Josh Billings are:

  • "Experience increases our wisdom but doesn't reduce our follies."
  • "The best way to convince a fool that he is wrong is to let him have his way."

When did Josh Billings live?

Josh Billings was born in 1818 and died in the year 1885.