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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There are very few good judges of humor, and they don't agree.

There are very few good judges of humor, and they don't agree.

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

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

It's not the things you don't know that fool you. It's the things you do...

It's not the things you don't know that fool you. It's the things you do...

There are two things in life for which we are never truly prepared: Twins.

There are two things in life for which we are never truly prepared: Twins.

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

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

Threescore years and ten is enough; if a man can't suffer all the misery he...

Threescore years and ten is enough; if a man can't suffer all the misery he...

There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.

There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.

Confess your sins to the Lord, and you will be forgiven; confess them to men,...

Confess your sins to the Lord, and you will be forgiven; confess them to men,...

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

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

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

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

Love looks through a telescope; envy, through a microscope.

Love looks through a telescope; envy, through a microscope.

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

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

Be like a postage stamp. Stick to one thing until you get there.

Be like a postage stamp. Stick to one thing until you get there.

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

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

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...

I haven't got as much money as some folks, but I've got as much impudence...

I haven't got as much money as some folks, but I've got as much impudence...

Most people repent their sins by thanking God they ain't so wicked as their neighbors.

Most people repent their sins by thanking God they ain't so wicked as their neighbors.

Consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing...

Consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing...

Today a thousand doors of enterprise are open to you, inviting you to useful work....

Today a thousand doors of enterprise are open to you, inviting you to useful work....

What is useful cannot be base

What is useful cannot be base