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

Quote by Josh Billings

Topics: Sin Quotes

Time is like money, the less we have of it to spare the further we...

Time is like money, the less we have of it to spare the further we...

I have lived in this world just long enough to look carefully the second time...

I have lived in this world just long enough to look carefully the second time...

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.

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.

It is better to know nothing than to know what ain't so.

It is better to know nothing than to know what ain't so.

Reason often makes mistakes, but conscience never does.

Reason often makes mistakes, but conscience never does.

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

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

Advice is like castor oil, easy to give, but dreadful to take.

Advice is like castor oil, easy to give, but dreadful to take.

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

Wisdom has never made a bigot, but learning has.

Wisdom has never made a bigot, but learning has.

Remember the poor, it costs nothing.

Remember the poor, it costs nothing.

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

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

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...

It is a very delicate job to forgive a man, without lowering him in his...

It is a very delicate job to forgive a man, without lowering him in his...

No one can disgrace us but ourselves.

No one can disgrace us but ourselves.

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.

There are lots of people who mistake their imagination for their memory.

There are lots of people who mistake their imagination for their memory.

To bring up a child in the way he should go, travel that way yourself...

To bring up a child in the way he should go, travel that way yourself...

Economy is a savings-bank, into which men drop pennies, and get dollars in return.

Economy is a savings-bank, into which men drop pennies, and get dollars in return.

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.