It strains a man's philosophy the worst kind to laugh when he gets beat. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
Experience is a school where a man learns what a big fool he has been. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
I don't care how much a man talks, if he only says it in a few words. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
Knowledge is like money, the more a man gits the more he hankers for. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
Debt is a trap which man sets and baits himself, and then deliberately gets into. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
A WISE MAN never enjoys himself so much, or a FOOL so little, as when he is alone. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
True valor is like honesty; it enters into all that a man sees and does. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
When a man gets talking about himself, he seldom fails to be eloquent and often reaches the sublime. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
The happiest time in any man's life is when he is in red-hot pursuit of a dollar with a reasonable prospect of… — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
Contentment is a kind of moral laziness; if there wasn't anything but contentment in his world, man wouldn't be any more of… — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
The very thing that men think they have got the most of, they have got the least of; and that is judgment. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
When I see a man of shallow understanding extravagantly clothed, I feel sorry - for the clothes. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
The man who gets bit twice by the same dog is better adapted for that kind of business than any other. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
The hardest thing any man can do is to fall down on the ice when it's slippery, and get up and praise… — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
Pride seems to be equally distributed; the man who owns the carriage and the man who drives it seem to have it… — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
If men were stubborn just in proportion as they were right, stubbornness would take her seat among the virtues; but men are… — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
A good reliable set of bowels is worth more to a man than any quantity of brains. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
It ain't no disgrace for a man to fall, but to lie there and grunt is. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
Self-made men are most always apt to be a little too proud of the job. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
I never knew a man troubled with melancholy, who had plenty to do, and did it. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
The man who has never been tempted doesn't know how dishonest he is. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
A wise man never enjoys himself so much, nor a fool so little, as when alone. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
It ain't what a man don't know that makes him a fool, but what he does know that ain't so. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
If a man is right, he can't be too radical; if he is wrong, he can't be too conservative. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
Most men had rather say a smart thing than do a good one. John P. Kotter, Leading Change. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
Economy is a savings-bank, into which men drop pennies, and get dollars in return. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
Man isn't a fool for his ignorance, but rather for believing things that are wrong. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
When a young man begins to go down hill everything seems to be greased for the occasion. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
A man cannot learn to be wise any more than he can learn to be handsome. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
It is a great deal easier for a man to find a pedigree to fit his virtues than virtues to fit his… — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
It iz comparitively eazy tew repent ov the sins that we hav committed, but tew repent ov thoze which we intend to… — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
Men of genius are like eagles, they live on what they kill, while men of talents are like crows, they live on… — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
Every man should know something of law; if he knows enough to keep out of it, he is a pretty good lawyer. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
Men are seldom underrated; the mercury in a man finds its true level in the eyes of the world just as certainly… — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
The more humble a man is before God the more he will be exalted; the more humble he is before man, the… — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
Common sense is an instinct given to man and enough of it is genius. Smartness is measured by the level of common… — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
It ain't because lovers are so sensitive that they quarrel so often; it is because there is so much fun n the making up. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
Man was created a little lower than the angels and has been getting a little lower ever since. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
There is only one good substitute for the endearments of a sister, and that is the endearments of some other fellow's sister. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
Life is a grindstone, and whether it grinds a man down or polishes him up depends on the stuff he's made of. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
Its harly my dog A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than you love yourself. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
Unless we put heart and soul into our labor we but brutify our actions. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
A secret ceases to be a secret if it is once confided - it is like a dollar bill, once broken, it is never… — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
If a man is right, he can't be too radical; if he is wrong, he can't be too conservative. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
As a general rule, if you want to get at the truth - hear both sides and believe neither. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
Economy is a savings-bank, into which men drop pennies, and get dollars in return. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
Self-made men are most always apt to be a little too proud of the job. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
