"There are people who are always anticipating trouble,……" — Josh Billings
"There are people who are always anticipating trouble, and in this way they manage to enjoy many sorrows that never really happen to them."
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222 Quotes by Josh Billings
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- Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well.
- A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than you love yourself.
- Be like a postage stamp. Stick to one thing until you get there.
- There are lots of people who mistake their imagination for their memory.
- There are some people so addicted to exaggeration that they can't tell the truth without lying.
- There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.
- Love looks through a telescope; envy, through a microscope.
- Marrying for love may be a bit risky, but it is so honest that God can't help but smile on…
- Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute.
- There are two kinds of fools: those who can't change their opinions and those who won't.
- Honesty is the rarest wealth anyone can possess, and yet all the honesty in the world ain't lawful tender for…
- The best time for you to hold your tongue is the time you feel you must say something or bust.
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