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A good way I know to find happiness, is to not bore a hole to fit the plug.
Happiness
Josh Billings

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As long as we are lucky we attribute it to our smartness; our bad luck we give the gods credit for.
Success
Josh Billings

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As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand.
Truth
Josh Billings

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Be kind to your mother-in-law, but pay for her board at some good hotel.
Mother-in-Laws
Josh Billings

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Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are, and doing things as they ought to be done.
Common Sense
Josh Billings

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Don't mistake pleasure for happiness. They are a different breed of dogs.
Pleasure
Josh Billings

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Don't take the bull by the horns, take him by the tail; then you can let go when you want to.
Control
Josh Billings

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It's not only the most difficult thing to know one's self, but the most inconvenient.
Self discovery
Josh Billings

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Most people repent their sins by thanking God they ain't so wicked as their neighbors.
Repentance
Josh Billings

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Music hath the charm to soothe a savage beast, but I'd try a revolver first.
Music
Josh Billings

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One of the rarest things that a man ever does, is to do the best he can.
Quality
Josh Billings

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Remember the poor, it costs nothing.
Poverty and The Poor
Josh Billings

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Take all the fools out of this world and there wouldn't be any fun living in it, or profit.
Fools and Foolishness
Josh Billings

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The best medicine I know for rheumatism is to thank the Lord it ain't the gout.
Medicine
Josh Billings

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The best time for you to hold your tongue is the time you feel you must say something or bust.
Self-control
Josh Billings

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The best way to convince a fool that he is wrong is to let him have his way.
Fools and Foolishness
Josh Billings

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The thinner the ice, the more anxious is everyone to see whether it will bear.
Anxiety
Josh Billings

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The trouble with most folks ain't so much their ignorance as knowing so many things that ain't so.
Knowledge
Josh Billings

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The trouble with people is not that they dont know but that they know so much that aint so.
Uncategorised
Josh Billings

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There is a significant Latin proverb; to wit: Who will guard the guards?
Vigilance
Josh Billings

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There is no greater evidence of superior intelligence than to be surprised at nothing.
Surprises
Josh Billings

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To bring up a child in the way he should go -- travel that way yourself.
Upbringing
Josh Billings

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When a man gets talking about himself, he seldom fails to be eloquent and often reaches the sublime.
Eloquence
Josh Billings

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Constant togetherness is fine -- but only for Siamese twins.
Relationships
Victoria Billings

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The best thing that could happen to motherhood already has. Fewer women are going into it.
Mothers
Victoria Billings

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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun