Adversity has the same effect on a man that severe training has on the pugilist: it reduces him to his fighting weight.

Quote by Josh Billings

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

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

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

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

Silence is said to be golden, but the best fools the world has ever produced...

Silence is said to be golden, but the best fools the world has ever produced...

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.

Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt of, not swallowed

Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt of, not swallowed

Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute.

Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute.

The thinner the ice, the more anxious is everyone to see whether it will bear.

The thinner the ice, the more anxious is everyone to see whether it will bear.

When a young man begins to go down hill everything seems to be greased for...

When a young man begins to go down hill everything seems to be greased for...

There is no greater evidence of superior intelligence than to be surprised at nothing.

There is no greater evidence of superior intelligence than to be surprised at nothing.

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...

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.

Be kind to your mother-in-law, but pay for her board at some good hotel.

Be kind to your mother-in-law, but pay for her board at some good hotel.

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,...

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...

If you ever find happiness by hunting for it, you will find it, as the...

If you ever find happiness by hunting for it, you will find it, as the...

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.

Reason often makes mistakes but conscience never does.

Reason often makes mistakes but conscience never does.

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

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

When the search for truth is confused with political advocacy, the pursuit of knowledge is...

When the search for truth is confused with political advocacy, the pursuit of knowledge is...

The knowledge of God is very far from the love of Him.

The knowledge of God is very far from the love of Him.