Take all the fools out of this world and there wouldn't be any fun living in it, or profit.

Quote by Josh Billings

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The less we know the more we suspect

The less we know the more we suspect

Live within your income, even if you have to borrow money to do so.

Live within your income, even if you have to borrow money to do so.

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...

Words are often seen hunting for an idea, but ideas are never seen hunting for...

Words are often seen hunting for an idea, but ideas are never seen hunting for...

Laughter is the sensation of feeling good all over and showing it principally in one...

Laughter is the sensation of feeling good all over and showing it principally in one...

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...

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.

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

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

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.

The man whose only pleasure in life is making money, weighs less on the moral...

The man whose only pleasure in life is making money, weighs less on the moral...

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...

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...

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...

There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.

There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.

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

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

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...

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

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

I think when the full horror of being fifty hits you, you should stay home...

I think when the full horror of being fifty hits you, you should stay home...

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...

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...