Prejudice assumes the garb of reason, but the cheat is too thin. — Josh Billings Assuming Copy Share Image
It's not ignorance does so much damage; it's knowin' so derned much that ain't so. — Josh Billings Damage Copy Share Image
A man cannot learn to be wise any more than he can learn to be handsome. — Josh Billings Being wise Copy Share Image
Beauty is a very handy thing to have, especially for a woman who ain't handsome. — Josh Billings Beautiful Copy Share Image
Theres not a lot of good humor in medicine, but theres a lot of medicine in good humor. — Josh Billings Good humor Copy Share Image
As in a game of cards, so in the game of life, we must play what is dealt to us, and the… — Josh Billings Cards Copy Share Image
One of rarest things that a man ever does is to do the best he can. — Josh Billings Doing your best Copy Share Image
Debt is a trap which man sets and baits himself, and then deliberately gets into. — Josh Billings Bait Copy Share Image
One of the rarest things that a man ever does, is to do the best he can. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
Fortune is like a coquette; if you don't run after her, she will run after you. — Josh Billings Coquette Copy Share Image
Half of the troubles of this life can be traced to saying yes too quickly and not saying no soon enough. — Josh Billings Enough Copy Share Image
The easiest thing for our friends to discover in us, and the hardest thing for us to discover in ourselves, is that… — Josh Billings Age Copy Share Image
Too many individuals are like Shakespeare's definition of "echo,"--babbling gossips of the air. — Josh Billings Air Copy Share Image
In the whole history of the world there is but one thing that money cannot buy...to wit--the wag of a dog's tail. — Josh Billings Dog Copy Share Image
Marrying for love may be a bit risky, but it is so honest that God can't help but smile on it. — Josh Billings God Copy Share Image
Love is like the measles; we can't have it bad but once, and the later in life we have it the tougher… — Josh Billings Later in life Copy Share Image
The trouble with most folks isn't their ignorance. It's knowin' so many things that ain't so. — Josh Billings Folks Copy Share Image
If you would make yourself agreeable wherever you go, listen to the grievances of others but never relate your own. — Josh Billings Grievance Copy Share Image
About the most originality that any writer can hope to achieve honestly is to steal with good judgment. — Josh Billings Achieve Copy Share Image
Human happiness konsists in having what yu want, and wanting what yu have. — Josh Billings Happiness Copy Share Image
Fuss is half-sister to hurry, and neither of them can do anything without getting in their own way. — Josh Billings Can do Copy Share Image
Keep a cow, and then the milk won't have to be watered but once. — Josh Billings Cows Copy Share Image
Some folks as they grow older grow wise but most folks simply grow stubborner. — Josh Billings Aging Copy Share Image
