Author: Josh Billings

Quotes

Life is short, but it's long enough to ruin any man who wants to be ruined.

Life is short, but it's long enough to ruin any man who wants to be ruined.

- Josh Billings

Honesty is the rarest wealth anyone can possess, and yet all the honesty in the world ain't lawful tender for a loaf of bread.

Honesty is the rarest wealth anyone can possess, and yet all the honesty in the world ain't lawful tender for a loaf of bread.

- Josh Billings

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

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

- Josh Billings

Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute.

Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute.

- Josh Billings

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

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

- Josh Billings

In youth we run into difficulties. In old age difficulties run into us.

In youth we run into difficulties. In old age difficulties run into us.

- Josh Billings

The wheel that squeaks the loudest is the one that gets the grease.

The wheel that squeaks the loudest is the one that gets the grease.

- Josh Billings

There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.

There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.

- Josh Billings

Be kind to your mother-in-law, but pay for her board at some good hotel.

Be kind to your mother-in-law, but pay for her board at some good hotel.

- Josh Billings

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