Poverty is the step-mother of genius

Quote by Josh Billings

Topics: Genius Quotes, Poverty Quotes

Reason often makes mistakes but conscience never does.

Reason often makes mistakes but conscience never does.

It ain't often that a man's reputation outlasts his money.

It ain't often that a man's reputation outlasts his money.

There's a lot of people in this world who spend so much time watching their...

There's a lot of people in this world who spend so much time watching their...

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...

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.

Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute.

Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute.

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...

Don't mistake pleasure for happiness. They are a different breed of dogs.

Don't mistake pleasure for happiness. They are a different breed of dogs.

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

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

The best medicine I know for rheumatism is to thank the Lord that it ain't...

The best medicine I know for rheumatism is to thank the Lord that it ain't...

My advice to those who are about to begin, in earnest, the journey of life,...

My advice to those who are about to begin, in earnest, the journey of life,...

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.

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...

Genius ain't anything more than elegant common sense.

Genius ain't anything more than elegant common sense.

Love iz like the meazles; we kant have it bad but onst, and the later...

Love iz like the meazles; we kant have it bad but onst, and the later...

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...

Life is a grindstone, and whether it grinds a man down or polishes him up...

Life is a grindstone, and whether it grinds a man down or polishes him up...

There are people who are always anticipating trouble, and in this way they manage to...

There are people who are always anticipating trouble, and in this way they manage to...

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 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.