Author Topic: ~ Josh Billings Quotes ~ (Read 4331 times)

MysteRy · « **Reply #30 on:** January 29, 2015, 07:19:11 PM »

Laughter is the sensation of feeling good all over and showing it principally in one spot.

MysteRy · « **Reply #31 on:** January 29, 2015, 07:19:40 PM »

It is not only the most difficult thing to know oneself but the most inconvenient one too.

MysteRy · « **Reply #32 on:** January 29, 2015, 07:20:12 PM »

The truly innocent are those who not only are guiltless themselves but who think others are.

MysteRy · « **Reply #33 on:** January 29, 2015, 07:20:59 PM »

Marrying for love may be a bit risky but it is so honest that God can't help but smile on it.

MysteRy · « **Reply #34 on:** January 29, 2015, 07:21:28 PM »

When a man comes to me for advice I find out the kind of advice he wants and I give it to him.

MysteRy · « **Reply #35 on:** January 29, 2015, 07:22:14 PM »

I think when the full horror of being fifty hits you you should stay home and have a good cry.

MysteRy · « **Reply #36 on:** January 29, 2015, 07:22:43 PM »

There are some people so addicted to exaggeration that they can't tell the truth without lying.

MysteRy · « **Reply #37 on:** January 29, 2015, 07:23:06 PM »

It is a very delicate job to forgive a man without lowering him in his estimation and yours too.

MysteRy · « **Reply #38 on:** January 29, 2015, 07:23:32 PM »

When a man gets talking about himself he seldom fails to be eloquent and often reaches the sublime.

MysteRy · « **Reply #39 on:** January 29, 2015, 07:23:59 PM »

If it wasn't for faith there would be no living in this world; we couldn't even eat hash with any safety.

MysteRy · « **Reply #40 on:** January 29, 2015, 07:24:38 PM »

Adversity has the same effect on a man that severe training has on the pugilist - it reduces him to his fighting weight.

MysteRy · « **Reply #41 on:** January 29, 2015, 07:25:06 PM »

There's a lot of people in this world who spend so much time watching their health that they haven't the time to enjoy it.

MysteRy · « **Reply #42 on:** January 29, 2015, 07:25:37 PM »

The happiest time in any man's life is when he is in red-hot pursuit of a dollar with a reasonable prospect of overtaking it.

MysteRy · « **Reply #43 on:** January 29, 2015, 07:26:05 PM »

There are people who are always anticipating trouble and in this way they manage to enjoy many sorrows that never really happen.

MysteRy · « **Reply #44 on:** January 29, 2015, 07:26:43 PM »

My advice to those who are about to begin in earnest the journey of life is to take their heart in one hand and a club in the other.

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