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1 " the squeeky wheel gets the grease. "
― Josh Billings
2 " Marrying for love may be a bit risky, but it is so honest that God can't help but smile on it. "
3 " Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt of, not swallowed. "
4 " One of the greatest victories you can gain over someone is to beat him at politeness. "
5 " In the whole history of the world there is but one thing that money cannot buy...to wit--the wag of a dog's tail. "
6 " There is one kind of laugh that I always did recommend; it looks out of the eye first with a merry twinkle, then it creeps down on its hands and knees and plays around the mouth like a pretty moth around the blaze of a candle, then it steals over into the dimples of the cheeks and rides around in those whirlpools for a while, then it lights up the whole face like the mellow bloom on a damask rose, then it swims up on the air, with a peal as clear and as happy as a dinner-bell, then it goes back again on gold tiptoes like an angel out for an airing, and it lies down on its little bed of violets in the heart where it came from. "
7 " Success does not consist in never making blunders, but in never making the same one a second time. "
8 " Don't put off till tomorrow what can be enjoyed today. "
9 " To bring up a child in the way he should go, travel that way yourself once in a while. "
10 " A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself. "
11 " Adversity has the same effect on a man that severe training has on the pugilist: it reduces him to his fighting weight. "
12 " The best time for you to hold your tongue is the time you feel you must say something or bust. "
13 " There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness. "
14 " About the most originality that any writer can hope to achieve honestly is to steal with good judgment. "
― Josh Billings , Josh Billings, Hiz Sayings
15 " A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than you love yourself. "
16 " Love looks through a telescope; envy, through a microscope. "
17 " There's a great power in words, if you don't hitch too many of them together. "
18 " As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand. "
19 " There are lots of people who mistake their imagination for their memory. "
20 " Money will buy a pretty good dog, but it won't buy the wag of his tail. "
