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Life is a grindstone, and whether it grinds a man down or polishes him up...

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

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As long as we are lucky we attribute it to our smartness; our bad luck...

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Poverty is the step-mother of genius

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Honesty is the rarest wealth anyone can possess, and yet all the honesty in the...

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Don't mistake pleasure for happiness. They are a different breed of dogs.

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Adversity has the same effect on a man that severe training has on the pugilist:...

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About the only difference between the poor and the rich, is this, the poor suffer...

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A puppy plays with every pup he meets, but an old dog has few associates.

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A good way I know to find happiness, is to not bore a hole to...

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It's not only the most difficult thing to know one's self, but the most inconvenient.

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It is not all bad, this getting old, ripening. After the fruit has got its...

#Josh Billings