The trouble with most folks isn't their ignorance. It's knowin' so many things that ain't so. — 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
Learning sleeps and snores in libraries, but wisdom is everywhere, wide awake, on tiptoe. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
Honesty is the rarest wealth anyone can possess, and yet all the honesty in the world ain't lawful tender for a loaf… — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
True wisdom is plenty of experience, observation, and reflection. False wisdom is plenty of ignorance, arrogance, and impudence. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
Silence is one of the hardest kind of arguments to refute. There is no good substitute for wisdom; but silence is the… — 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
A WISE MAN never enjoys himself so much, or a FOOL so little, as when he is alone. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
It's a wise man who profits by his own experience, but it's a good deal wiser one who lets the rattlesnake bite… — 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
