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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 It is much easier to repent of sins that we have committed than to repent of those that we intend to commit. |
| It is not all bad, this getting old, ripening. After the fruit has got its growth it should juice up and mellow. God forbid I should live long enough to ferment and rot and fall to the ground in a squash. |
| It is the little bits of things that fret and worry us, we can dodge an elephant, but we can't a fly |
| It is true that wealth won't make a man virtuous, but I notice there isn't anybody who wants to be poor just for the purpose of being good. |
| It isn't so much trouble to get rich as it is to tell when we have got rich. |
| It's not only the most difficult thing to know one's self, but the most inconvenient |
| Keep a cow, and the milk won't have to be watered but once |
| Knowledge is like money: the more he gets, the more he craves. |
| Knowledge is like money: the more one gets, the more one craves. |
| Laffing iz the sensation ov pheeling good all over, and showing it principally in one spot |
| Laughter is the sensation of feeling good all over and showing it principally in one place. |
| Learning sleeps and snores in libraries, but wisdom is everywhere, wide awake, on tiptoe. |
| Life consists not in holding good cards, but in playing those you hold well |
| Life is a grindstone, and whether it grinds a man down or polishes him up depends on the stuff he's made of |
| Life is short, but it's long enough to ruin any man who wants to be ruined |
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Proverb (1469552 st) Search
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Born (10495 st)
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Dates (9517 st)
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Toplists (6 st)
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