Josh Billings

There are some people so addicted to exaggeration that they can't tell the truth without lying. ↗

— Josh Billings

#exaggeration #lying #people #some #some people

Most people repent their sins by thanking God they ain't so wicked as their neighbors. ↗

— Josh Billings

#god #most #neighbors #people #repent

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

— Josh Billings

#feeling #feeling good #laughter #over #place

Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt, not swallowed. ↗

— Josh Billings

#cologne #flattery #like #swallowed #water

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

— Josh Billings

#fools #fun #living #out #profit

The man whose only pleasure in life is making money, weighs less on the moral scale than an angleworm. ↗

— Josh Billings

#life #making #making money #man #money

A puppy plays with every pup he meets, but an old dog has few associates. ↗

— Josh Billings

#dog #every #few #meets #old

Be kind to your mother-in-law, but pay for her board at some good hotel. ↗

— Josh Billings

#board #good #her #hotel #kind

I have never known a person to live to be one hundred and be remarkable for anything else. ↗

— Josh Billings

#else #hundred #i #known #live

If you ever find happiness by hunting for it, you will find it, as the old woman did her lost spectacles, safe on her own nose all the time. ↗

— Josh Billings

#ever #find #happiness #her #hunting