No one can disgrace us but ourselves.

Quote by Josh Billings

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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...

Don't ever prophesy; for if you prophesy wrong, nobody will forget it; and if you...

Don't ever prophesy; for if you prophesy wrong, nobody will forget it; and if you...

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...

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.

When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly...

When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly...

Reason often makes mistakes but conscience never does.

Reason often makes mistakes but conscience never does.

It is not all bad, this getting old, ripening. After the fruit has got its...

It is not all bad, this getting old, ripening. After the fruit has got its...

There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.

There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.

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.

There are some people so addicted to exaggeration that they can't tell the truth without...

There are some people so addicted to exaggeration that they can't tell the truth without...

There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.

There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.

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.

The less we know the more we suspect

The less we know the more we suspect

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.

About the only difference between the poor and the rich, is this, the poor suffer...

About the only difference between the poor and the rich, is this, the poor suffer...

When a man comes to me for advice I find out the kind of advice...

When a man comes to me for advice I find out the kind of advice...

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...

He's a hard dog to keep on the porch

He's a hard dog to keep on the porch

All of the animals except for man know that the principle business of life is...

All of the animals except for man know that the principle business of life is...

From the oyster to the eagle, from the swine to the tiger, all animals are...

From the oyster to the eagle, from the swine to the tiger, all animals are...

Those who love money will never have enough. How meaningless to think that wealth brings...

Those who love money will never have enough. How meaningless to think that wealth brings...