Josh Billings
Josh Billings Quotes
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“Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt, not swallowed.
Josh Billings
“Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well.
Josh Billings
“I think when the full horror of being fifty hits you, you should stay home and have a good cry.
Josh Billings
“There's a great power in words, if you don't hitch too many of them together.
Josh Billings
“Every man has his follies - and often they are the most interesting thing he has got.
Josh Billings
“There are lots of people who mistake their imagination for their memory.
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“A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than you love yourself.
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“The thinner the ice, the more anxious is everyone to see whether it will bear.
Josh Billings
“In youth we run into difficulties. In old age difficulties run into us.
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“Love looks through a telescope; envy, through a microscope.
Josh Billings
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