Josh Billings

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"I have lived in this world just long enough to look carefully the second time into things that I am most certain of the first time."	Life, Time
"Reason often makes mistakes, but conscience never does."	Mistakes
"Knowledge is like money: the more he gets, the more he craves."	Desires, Knowledge, Money
"Flattery is like perfume water, to be smelt of, not swallowed."	Miscellaneous
"When a man makes up his mind to become a rascal, he should examine himself closely and see if he isn't better constructed for a fool."	Men
"It ain't what folks know that's the problem, it's what they know that ain't so."	Knowledge, Wisdom
"About the most originality that any writer can hope to achieve honestly is to steal with good judgment."	Accomplishment, Achievement, Creativity
"A man running for office puts me in mind of a dog that's lost--he smells everybody he meets, and wags himself all over."	Men
"Be like a postage stamp. Stick to one thing until you get there."	Age
"Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well."	Age, Evil, Life
"Love looks through a telescope; envy, through a microscope."	Love
"We hate those who will not take our advice, and despise them who do."	Miscellaneous
"There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness."	Forgiveness
"Marrying for love may be a bit risky, but it is so honest that God can't help but smile on it."	Help, Honesty, Love
"As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand."	Honesty, Men, Truth
"Like other occult techniques of divination, the statistical method has a private jargon deliberately contrived to obscure its methods from non-practitioners."	Liberty, Technology
"It's not only the most difficult thing to know one's self, but the most inconvenient."	Adversity, Difficulty, Knowledge
"After enlightenment, the laundry."	Darkness, Light, Men
"It is true that wealth won't make a man virtuous, but I notice there ain't anybody who wants to be poor just for the purpose of being good."	Desires, Evil, Honesty
"What is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? I suppose this depends somewhat upon the size of the soul. I think there are cases where the trade would do."	Men
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Darkness	Desires	Difficulty
Evil	Experience	Faith
Fear	Food	Forgiveness
Genius	Happiness	Health
Help	Honesty	Hope
Knowledge	Laughter	Liberty
Lies	Life	Light
Love	Memory	Men
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Success	Technology	Time
Truth	Virtue	Wants
Wisdom	Wishing	Worrying
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