Poverty is the step-mother of genius

Quote by Josh Billings

Topics: Genius Quotes, Poverty Quotes

There are two things in life for which we are never truly prepared: twins.

There are two things in life for which we are never truly prepared: twins.

We hate those who will not take our advice and despise those who do.

We hate those who will not take our advice and despise those who do.

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.

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...

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...

Man was created a little lower than the angels and has bin getting a little...

Man was created a little lower than the angels and has bin getting a little...

The less we know the more we suspect

The less we know the more we suspect

As long as we are lucky we attribute it to our smartness; our bad luck...

As long as we are lucky we attribute it to our smartness; our bad luck...

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.

No one can disgrace us but ourselves.

No one can disgrace us but ourselves.

The road to ruin is always in good repair, and the travellers pay the expense...

The road to ruin is always in good repair, and the travellers pay the expense...

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.

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...

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.

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 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.

Genius ain't anything more than elegant common sense.

Genius ain't anything more than elegant common sense.

The trouble with people is not that they don't know but that they know so...

The trouble with people is not that they don't know but that they know so...

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 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.