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Quotes from Affurisms. From Josh Billings: His Sayings — Josh Billings

1818–1885 United States

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As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand.

Affurisms. From Josh Billings: His Sayings (1865)

Nature never makes blunders; when she makes a fool she means it.

Affurisms. From Josh Billings: His Sayings (1865)

When a man gits tew talking about himself, he seldum fails tew be eloquent, and often reaches the sublime.

Affurisms. From Josh Billings: His Sayings (1865)

I don't care how much a man talks, if he only says it in a few words.

Affurisms. From Josh Billings: His Sayings (1865)

Better make a weak man your enemy than your friend.

Affurisms. From Josh Billings: His Sayings (1865)

A secret ceases to be a secret if it is once confided—it is like a dollar bill, once broken, it is never a dollar again.

Affurisms. From Josh Billings: His Sayings (1865)

Love is like the measles; we can't have it bad but once, and the later in life we have it the tougher it goes with us.

Affurisms. From Josh Billings: His Sayings (1865)

Thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel just, But four times he who gets his blow in fust

Affurisms. From Josh Billings: His Sayings (1865)

Poverty is the stepmother of genius.

Affurisms. From Josh Billings: His Sayings (1865)

Put an Englishman into the garden of Eden, and he would find fault with the whole blasted concern; put a Yankee in, and he would see where he could alter it to advantage; put an Irishman in, and he would want to boss the thing; put a Dutchman in, and he would proceed to plant it.

Affurisms. From Josh Billings: His Sayings (1865)

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