There are people who are always anticipating trouble, and in this way they manage to enjoy many sorrows that never really happen to them.

Quote by Josh Billings

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It's not only the most difficult thing to know one's self, but the most inconvenient.

It's not only the most difficult thing to know one's self, but the most inconvenient.

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...

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...

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.

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...

If you ever find happiness by hunting for it, you will find it, as the...

If you ever find happiness by hunting for it, you will find it, as the...

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...

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.

Most people when they come to you for advice, come to have their own opinions...

Most people when they come to you for advice, come to have their own opinions...

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...

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.

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...

One of the greatest victories you can gain over someone is to beat him at...

One of the greatest victories you can gain over someone is to beat him at...

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...

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.

Woman's influence is powerful, especially when she wants something.

Woman's influence is powerful, especially when she wants something.

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...

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...

What luck for the rulers that men do not think

What luck for the rulers that men do not think

We've had bad luck with children; they've all grown up

We've had bad luck with children; they've all grown up