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Josh Billings

American Comedian

Born: Apr 21, 1818

Died: Oct 14, 1885

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Related authors: George Carlin Groucho Marx Milton Berle Mitch Hedberg Robin Williams Rodney Dangerfield Steven Wright W. C. Fields

Laughter is the sensation of feeling good all over and showing it principally in one place. Josh Billings

Good Laughter Feeling Feeling Good Over Principally Sensation Place Showing

Words are often seen hunting for an idea, but ideas are never seen hunting for words. Josh Billings

Words Seen Hunting Never Idea Ideas Often

There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness. Josh Billings

Forgiveness Revenge Complete

There are some people so addicted to exaggeration that they can't tell the truth without lying. Josh Billings

Truth Exaggeration People Some People Lying Addicted Tell Some Without

Love looks through a telescope; envy, through a microscope. Josh Billings

Love Envy Telescope Through Looks Microscope

One of the greatest victories you can gain over someone is to beat him at politeness. Josh Billings

You Someone Beat Over Him Greatest Politeness Gain Victories

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

Best Fool Own Way Best Way He Wrong Him His Convince

Be like a postage stamp. Stick to one thing until you get there. Josh Billings

You One Thing Postage Like Until Stick Get Stamp Thing

The trouble with people is not that they don't know but that they know so much that ain't so. Josh Billings

People Trouble Know Much

There are two kinds of fools: those who can't change their opinions and those who won't. Josh Billings

Change Fools Those Kinds Opinions Who Two

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

Truth Truth Is Scarce Excess Supply Demand Always Been

Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt, not swallowed. Josh Billings

Funny Water Cologne Like Swallowed Flattery

In youth we run into difficulties. In old age difficulties run into us. Josh Billings

Age Youth Old Old Age Difficulties Run Us

The wheel that squeaks the loudest is the one that gets the grease. Josh Billings

Wisdom Loudest Gets Wheel Grease

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

Sense Ought Seeing Knack Doing Done Common Common Sense Things

Money will buy a pretty good dog, but it won't buy the wag of his tail. Josh Billings

Buy Good Dog Money Will Pretty Pretty Good Tail Wag His

Learning sleeps and snores in libraries, but wisdom is everywhere, wide awake, on tiptoe. Josh Billings

Wisdom Learning Sleeps Everywhere Libraries Tiptoe Awake Wide Wide Awake

Men mourn for what they have lost; women for what they ain't got. Josh Billings

Women Men Lost Got Mourn

Common sense is instinct, and enough of it is genius. Josh Billings

Genius Sense Enough Instinct Common Common Sense

Most people when they come to you for advice, come to have their own opinions strengthened, not corrected. Josh Billings

You People Advice Own Corrected Come Most Opinions Strengthened

You’d better not know so much, than to know so many things that ain’t so. Josh Billings

Better Know Than Much Many Things

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