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Josh Billings Quotes - Page 10

Experience is a grindstone; and it is lucky for us, if we can get brightened by it, and not ground.

Experience is a grindstone; and it is lucky for us, if we can get brightened by it, and not ground.

Josh Billings (1972). “Uncle Sam's Uncle Josh: Or, Josh Billings on Practically Everything, Distilled from Josh's Rum and Tansy New England Wit by Donald Day”

He whom prosperity humbles, and adversity strengthens, is the true hero.

Josh Billings (1874). “Josh Billings' Wit and Humor”, p.190

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

Josh Billings (1972). “Uncle Sam's Uncle Josh: Or, Josh Billings on Practically Everything, Distilled from Josh's Rum and Tansy New England Wit by Donald Day”