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Josh Billings Quotes

«The man who ain't got an enemy is really poor»
«I hold that a man has as much right to spell a word as it is pronounced as he has to pronounce it the way it ain't spelled»
«Silence is said to be golden, but the best fools the world has ever produced had nothing to say on the subject»
Author: Josh Billings (Humorist) | About: Silence | Keywords: golden, Nothing to say, produced
«Don't mistake pleasures for happiness. They are a different breed of dog.»
Author: Josh Billings (Humorist) | Keywords: breed
«Better make a weak man your enemy than your friend»
Author: Josh Billings (Humorist) | Keywords: well-made
«Reason often makes mistakes but conscience never does.»
Author: Josh Billings (Humorist) | About: Mistakes
«Consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing until it gets there.»
«Never work before breakfast. If you have to work before breakfast, get your breakfast first.»
Author: Josh Billings (Humorist) | Keywords: breakfast
«Poverty is the step-mother of genius»
Author: Josh Billings (Humorist) | About: Genius, Poverty
«The road to ruin is always in good repair, and the travelers pay the expense of it.»
Author: Josh Billings (Humorist) | About: Travel | Keywords: expense, repair, ruin, travelers

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