Reason often makes mistakes, but conscience never does.

Quote by Josh Billings

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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...

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...

Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute.

Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute.

No one can disgrace us but ourselves.

No one can disgrace us but ourselves.

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...

Experience is a school where a man learns what a big fool he has been

Experience is a school where a man learns what a big fool he has been

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

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

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

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

I haven't got as much money as some folks, but I've got as much impudence...

I haven't got as much money as some folks, but I've got as much impudence...

Genius ain't anything more than elegant common sense.

Genius ain't anything more than elegant common sense.

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.

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...

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.

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...

If a man should happen to reach perfection in this world, he would have to...

If a man should happen to reach perfection in this world, he would have to...

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.

Consider the postage stamp, my son. It secures success through its ability to stick to...

Consider the postage stamp, my son. It secures success through its ability to stick to...

To bring up a child in the way he should go, travel that way yourself...

To bring up a child in the way he should go, travel that way yourself...

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...

One of the rarest things that a man ever does, is to do the best...

One of the rarest things that a man ever does, is to do the best...