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"About the most originality that any writer can hope to achieve honestly is to steal with good judgment."
- Josh Billings, More quotation on Writing. |
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"Don't take the bull by the horns, take him by the tail; then you can let go when you want to."
- Josh Billings. |
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"Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt of, not swallowed."
- Josh Billings. |
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"Laughing is the sensation of feeling good all over and showing it principally in one spot."
- Josh Billings, More quotation on Happiness. |
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"One of the greatest victories you can gain over someone is to beat him at politeness."
- Josh Billings. |
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"Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute."
- Josh Billings, More quotation on Silence. |
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"The best way to convince a fool that he is wrong is to let him have his own way."
- Josh Billings. |
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"The time to pray is not when we are in a tight spot but just as soon as we get out of it."
- Josh Billings. |
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"There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness."
- Josh Billings, More quotation on Forgiveness. |
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"As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand."
- Josh Billings, 'Affurisms from Josh Billings: His Sayings,' 1865, More quotation on Truth. |