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

Quote by Josh Billings

Topics: Love Quotes

The less we know the more we suspect

The less we know the more we suspect

Poverty is the step-mother of genius

Poverty is the step-mother of genius

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

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

There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.

There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.

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

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

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...

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...

The man whose only pleasure in life is making money, weighs less on the moral...

The man whose only pleasure in life is making money, weighs less on the moral...

It is much easier to repent of sins that we have committed than to repent...

It is much easier to repent of sins that we have committed than to repent...

Life is short, but it's long enough to ruin any man who wants to be...

Life is short, but it's long enough to ruin any man who wants to be...

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...

Genius ain't anything more than elegant common sense.

Genius ain't anything more than elegant common sense.

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

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

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...

There are two kinds of fools: those who can't change their opinions and those who...

There are two kinds of fools: those who can't change their opinions and those who...

As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand.

As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand.

No one can disgrace us but ourselves.

No one can disgrace us but ourselves.

Reason often makes mistakes but conscience never does.

Reason often makes mistakes but conscience never does.

Making mistakes simply means you are learning faster.

Making mistakes simply means you are learning faster.

In every mistake, there is a message. Some people miss the message because they're too...

In every mistake, there is a message. Some people miss the message because they're too...