Reason often makes mistakes but conscience never does.

Quote by Josh Billings

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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 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.

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...

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

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

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 are lots of people who mistake their imagination for their memory.

There are lots of people who mistake their imagination for their memory.

Common sense is instinct, and enough of it is genius.

Common sense is instinct, and enough of it is genius.

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

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

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...

Contentment is a kind of moral laziness; if thare want ennything but contentment in his...

Contentment is a kind of moral laziness; if thare want ennything but contentment in his...

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

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

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...

Marrying for love may be a bit risky, but it is so honest that God...

Marrying for love may be a bit risky, but it is so honest that God...

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...

Silence is said to be golden, but the best fools the world has ever produced...

Silence is said to be golden, but the best fools the world has ever produced...

Remember the poor, it costs nothing.

Remember the poor, it costs nothing.

Some folks are wise and some otherwise.

Some folks are wise and some otherwise.

Middle Age - Later than you think and sooner than you expect.

Middle Age - Later than you think and sooner than you expect.

I owe a lot to my parents, especially my mother and father.

I owe a lot to my parents, especially my mother and father.

The wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.

The wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.