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80 quotes by Josh Billings

Josh Billings (Henry Wheeler Shaw) Humorist and lecturer Josh Billings Born (1818-04-21)April 21, 1818 Lanesborough, Massachusetts, US Died October 14, 1885 (aged 67) Monterey, California, US Occupation Writer Spouse(s) Zipha E. (Bradford) Shaw ( – November 12, 1901) (m. 1845) Children Grace Anna Shaw Duff ( – 1923), Kate Alice Shaw Santana Parents Henry Shaw (1788–1857), Laura Wheeler Shaw ( – 1883) Josh Billings was the pen name of...
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A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than you love yourself.

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

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Be like a postage stamp. Stick to one thing until you get there.

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

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

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Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well.

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

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There are two kinds of fools: those who can't change their opinions and those who won't.

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

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The best time for you to hold your tongue is the time you feel you must say something or bust.

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Genius ain't anything more than elegant common sense.

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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.

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There's a great power in words, if you don't hitch too many of them together.

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