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

Quote by Josh Billings

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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...

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...

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...

The best time for you to hold your tongue is the time you feel you...

The best time for you to hold your tongue is the time you feel you...

When a young man begins to go down hill everything seems to be greased for...

When a young man begins to go down hill everything seems to be greased for...

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...

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...

Adversity has the same effect on a man that severe training has on the pugilist:...

Adversity has the same effect on a man that severe training has on the pugilist:...

Reason often makes mistakes, but conscience never does.

Reason often makes mistakes, but conscience never does.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

Incredulity is the wisdom of the fool

Incredulity is the wisdom of the fool

As a general thing, when a woman wears the pants in a family, she has...

As a general thing, when a woman wears the pants in a family, she has...

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

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

And he called unto him the twelve, and began to send them forth by two...

And he called unto him the twelve, and began to send them forth by two...

There are people who have money and people who are rich.

There are people who have money and people who are rich.