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

Quote by Josh Billings

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Experience is a school where a man learns what a big fool he has been

Experience is a school where a man learns what a big fool he has been

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

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

Reason often makes mistakes, but conscience never does.

Reason often makes mistakes, but conscience never does.

One of rarest things that a man ever does is to do the best he...

One of rarest things that a man ever does is to do the best he...

One of the greatest victories you can gain over someone is to beat him at...

One of the greatest victories you can gain over someone is to beat him at...

When a man comes to me for advice I find out the kind of advice...

When a man comes to me for advice I find out the kind of advice...

Woman's influence is powerful, especially when she wants something.

Woman's influence is powerful, especially when she wants something.

I think when the full horror of being fifty hits you, you should stay home...

I think when the full horror of being fifty hits you, you should stay home...

Marrying for love may be a bit risky, but it is so honest that God...

Marrying for love may be a bit risky, but it is so honest that God...

Poverty is the step-mother of genius

Poverty is the step-mother of genius

The trouble with people is not that they don't know but that they know so...

The trouble with people is not that they don't know but that they know so...

Consider the postage stamp, my son. It secures success through its ability to stick to...

Consider the postage stamp, my son. It secures success through its ability to stick to...

Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute.

Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute.

Knowledge is like money: the more one gets, the more one craves.

Knowledge is like money: the more one gets, the more one craves.

Love iz like the meazles; we kant have it bad but onst, and the later...

Love iz like the meazles; we kant have it bad but onst, and the later...

My advice to those who are about to begin, in earnest, the journey of life,...

My advice to those who are about to begin, in earnest, the journey of life,...

Common sense is instinct, and enough of it is genius.

Common sense is instinct, and enough of it is genius.

Poverty, Frost, Famine, Rain, Disease, are the beadles and guardsmen that hold us to Common...

Poverty, Frost, Famine, Rain, Disease, are the beadles and guardsmen that hold us to Common...

Common sense is the foundation of all authorities, of the laws themselves, and of their...

Common sense is the foundation of all authorities, of the laws themselves, and of their...

There have been three great inventions since the beginning of time: fire, the wheel, and...

There have been three great inventions since the beginning of time: fire, the wheel, and...