159 ordspråk av Josh Billings
Josh Billings
Josh Billings föddes den April 12th 1818 och dog den 14 October 1885 - US writer
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 Don't mistake pleasures for happiness. They are a different breed of dog. |
| Don't put off till tomorrow what can be enjoyed today. |
| Don't take the bull by the horns, take him by the tail; then you can let go when you want to |
| Economy is a savings-bank, into which men drop pennies, and get dollars in return. |
| Every man has his follies - and often they are the most interesting thing he has got. |
| Every man has his follies -- and often they are the most interesting thing he had got. |
| Everyone has his foolishness and mostly those are the most interesting things a person has. |
| Experience increases our wisdom but doesn't reduce our follies |
| Experience is a school where a man learns what a big fool he has been |
| Faith is confirmed by the heart, confessed by the tongue, and acted upon by the body |
| Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt of, not swallowed |
| Genius ain't anything more than elegant common sense. |
| He whom prosperity humbles, and adversity strengthens, is the true hero |
| Honesty is the rarest wealth anyone can possess, and yet all the honesty in the world ain't lawful tender for a loaf of bread. |
| I am a poor man, but I have this consolation: I am poor by accident, not by design. |
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Proverb (1469552 st) Search
Categories (2627 st) Search
Authors (167535 st) Search
Photos (4592 st)
Born (10495 st)
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Toplists (6 st)
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