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Josh Billings was the pen name of humorist born Henry Wheeler Shaw. He was perhaps the second most famous humor writer and lecturer in the United States in the second half of the 19th century after Mark Twain, although his reputation has not fared so well with later generations. Find out more about Josh Billings quotes on Josh Billings's biography.

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

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About the most originality that any writer can hope to achieve honestly is to steal with good judgment.

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

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There is nothing so easy to learn as experience and nothing so hard to apply.

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There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.

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Every man has his follies - and often they are the most interesting thing he has got.

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There's a great power in words, if you don't hitch too many of them together.

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A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than you love yourself.

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Genius ain't anything more than elegant common sense.

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Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well.

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Marrying for love may be a bit risky, but it is so honest that God can't help but smile on it.

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

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