Author: Josh Billings

Quotes

There are lots of people who mistake their imagination for their memory.

There are lots of people who mistake their imagination for their memory.

- Josh Billings

The best way to convince a fool that he is wrong is to let him have his own way.

The best way to convince a fool that he is wrong is to let him have his own way.

- Josh Billings

There are two things in life for which we are never truly prepared: twins.

There are two things in life for which we are never truly prepared: twins.

- Josh Billings

Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute.

Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute.

- Josh Billings

Love looks through a telescope; envy, through a microscope.

Love looks through a telescope; envy, through a microscope.

- 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

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

Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt, not swallowed.

Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt, not swallowed.

- Josh Billings

If you ever find happiness by hunting for it, you will find it, as the old woman did her lost spectacles, safe on her own nose all the time.

If you ever find happiness by hunting for it, you will find it, as the old woman did her lost spectacles, safe on her own nose all the time.

- Josh Billings

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