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Letter "J" » Josh Billings Quotes
«Don't ever prophesy; for if you prophesy wrong, nobody will forget it; and if you prophesy right, nobody will remember it.»
Author: Josh Billings
(Humorist)
«As a general rule, if you want to get at the truth - hear both sides and believe neither.»
Author: Josh Billings
(Humorist)
«Plenty of folks are so contrary that if they should fall into the river, they would insist upon floating upstream.»
Author: Josh Billings
(Humorist)
«There is no greater evidence of superior intelligence than to be surprised at nothing.»
Author: Josh Billings
(Humorist)
«When a man gets talking about himself, he seldom fails to be eloquent and often reaches the sublime.»
«There are two kinds of fools: those who can't change their opinions and those who won t.»
Author: Josh Billings
(Humorist)
«If a man should happen to reach perfection in this world, he would have to die immediately to enjoy himself.»
Author: Josh Billings
(Humorist)
«Men mourn for what they have lost; women for what they ain't got.»
«I am a poor man, but I have this consolation: I am poor by accident, not by design.»
«A good way I know to find happiness, is to not bore a hole to fit the plug.»
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