Silence is said to be golden, but the best fools the world has ever produced had nothing to say on the subject

Quote by Josh Billings

Topics: Silence Quotes

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.

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...

It is much easier to repent of sins that we have committed than to repent...

It is much easier to repent of sins that we have committed than to repent...

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.

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.

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...

Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute.

Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute.

There are very few good judges of humor, and they don't agree.

There are very few good judges of humor, and they don't agree.

Knowledge is like money: the more one gets, the more one craves.

Knowledge is like money: the more one gets, the more one craves.

It is a very delicate job to forgive a man, without lowering him in his...

It is a very delicate job to forgive a man, without lowering him in his...

The wheel that squeaks the loudest is the one that gets the grease.

The wheel that squeaks the loudest is the one that gets the grease.

Threescore years and ten is enough; if a man can't suffer all the misery he...

Threescore years and ten is enough; if a man can't suffer all the misery he...

Every man has his follies - and often they are the most interesting thing he...

Every man has his follies - and often they are the most interesting thing he...

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...

Confess your sins to the Lord and you will be forgiven; confess them to man...

Confess your sins to the Lord and you will be forgiven; confess them to man...

There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.

There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.

Love is said to be blind, but I know some fellows in love who can...

Love is said to be blind, but I know some fellows in love who can...

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...

Luck affects everything; let your hook always be cast; in the stream where you least...

Luck affects everything; let your hook always be cast; in the stream where you least...

Better an ounce of luck than a pound of gold.

Better an ounce of luck than a pound of gold.