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He Quotes by Josh Billings
- Every man has his follies - and often they are the most interesting thing he has got.
- The best way to convince a fool that he is wrong is to let him have his own way.
- A puppy plays with every pup he meets, but an old dog has few associates.
- If a man should happen to reach perfection in this world, he would have to die immediately to enjoy himself.
- To bring up a child in the way he should go, travel that way yourself once in a while.
- One of the rarest things that a man ever does, is to do the best he can.
- When a man comes to me for advice, I find out the kind of advice he wants, and I give it to him.
- Threescore years and ten is enough; if a man can't suffer all the misery he wants in that time, he must be numb.
- Knowledge is like money: the more he gets, the more he craves.
More He Quotes
- The chief qualification of a mass leader has become unending infallibility; he can never admit an error. — Hannah Arendt
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- Whenever a toddler sees a pile of blocks, he wants to tear it down. — J. J. Abrams
- Let each man exercise the art he knows. — Aristophanes
- A man's homeland is wherever he prospers. — Aristophanes
- At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst. — Aristotle
- He who hath many friends hath none. — Aristotle
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- He who is to be a good ruler must have first been ruled. — Aristotle
- Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods. — Aristotle
- No one loves the man whom he fears. — Aristotle
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