Josh Billings

It is better to know nothing than to know what ain't so. ↗

— Josh Billings

#know #nothing #than

It is much easier to repent of sins that we have committed than to repent of those that we intend to commit. ↗

— Josh Billings

#committed #easier #intend #much #repent

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

— Josh Billings

#difficult #difficult thing #inconvenient #know #most

Knowledge is like money: the more he gets, the more he craves. ↗

— Josh Billings

#gets #knowledge #like #money #more

Life is short, but it's long enough to ruin any man who wants to be ruined. ↗

— Josh Billings

#enough #life #life is short #long #man

Most people when they come to you for advice, come to have their own opinions strengthened, not corrected. ↗

— Josh Billings

#come #corrected #most #opinions #own

No one can disgrace us but ourselves. ↗

— Josh Billings

#ourselves #us

Old maids sweeten their tea with scandal. ↗

— Josh Billings

#old #scandal #sweeten #tea #their

One of the rarest things that a man ever does, is to do the best he can. ↗

— Josh Billings

#does #ever #man #rarest #things

Reason often makes mistakes, but conscience never does. ↗

— Josh Billings

#does #makes #mistakes #never #often