My advice to those who are about to begin, in earnest, the journey of life, is to take their heart in one hand and a club in the other.

Quote by Josh Billings

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There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.

There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.

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.

Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are, and doing things as...

Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are, and doing things as...

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

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

Money will buy a pretty good dog, but it won't buy the wag of his...

Money will buy a pretty good dog, but it won't buy the wag of his...

One of the best temporary cures for pride and affectation is seasickness; a man who...

One of the best temporary cures for pride and affectation is seasickness; a man who...

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.

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...

Learning sleeps and snores in libraries, but wisdom is everywhere, wide awake, on tiptoe.

Learning sleeps and snores in libraries, but wisdom is everywhere, wide awake, on tiptoe.

There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.

There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.

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...

Men mourn for what they have lost; women for what they ain't got.

Men mourn for what they have lost; women for what they ain't got.

Live within your income, even if you have to borrow money to do so.

Live within your income, even if you have to borrow money to do so.

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...

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

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

One of the best temporary cures for pride and affectation is seasickness; a man who...

One of the best temporary cures for pride and affectation is seasickness; a man who...

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.

The less we know the more we suspect

The less we know the more we suspect

A good word is like a good tree whose root is firmly fixed and whose...

A good word is like a good tree whose root is firmly fixed and whose...

The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you...

The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you...