The truly innocent are those who not only are guiltless themselves but who think others are. — Josh Billings Innocence Copy Share Image
Love iz like the meazles; we kant have it bad but onst, and the later in life we have it the tuffer… — Josh Billings Life Copy Share Image
Learning sleeps and snores in libraries, but wisdom is everywhere, wide awake, on tiptoe. — Josh Billings Awake Copy Share Image
The lion and the lamb may, possibly, sumtime lay down in this world together for a fu minnits, but when the lion… — Josh Billings Lambs Copy Share Image
Waves are inspiring not because they rise and fail, but because each time they fall. They never fail to rise again. — Josh Billings Failing Copy Share Image
Virtue does not consist in the absence of the passions, but in the control of them. — Josh Billings Absence Copy Share Image
Experience is a grindstone; and it is lucky for us, if we can get brightened by it, and not ground. — Josh Billings Experience Copy Share Image
Titles are valuable; they make us acquainted with many persons who otherwise would be lost among the rubbish. — Josh Billings Lost 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 Character 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 Crow Copy Share Image
Advice is like castor oil — easy enough to give but dreadful hard to take. — Josh Billings Advice Copy Share Image
Music hath the charm to soothe a savage beast, but I'd try a revolver first. — Josh Billings Beast 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 Argument 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 Asking Copy Share Image
If there was no faith there would be no living in this world. We could not even eat hash with any safety. — Josh Billings Faith 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 Business Copy Share Image
If you do not know how to lie, cheat, and steal, turn your attention to politics and learn. — Josh Billings Attention Copy Share Image
There is not a whole lot of fun in medicine but there is a whole lot of medicine in fun. — Josh Billings Fun Copy Share Image
