Creative Quotations from . . .
Josh Billings
(1818-1885) born on
Apr 21
US writer. His plain language, philosophical, bucolic aphorisms and hapless grammer were widely popular after the Civil War.
         
   
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F
I have lived in this world just long enough to look carefully the second time into things that I am the most concerned of the first time.

R
The trouble with people is not that they don't know but that they know so much that ain't so.
A
As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand.
N
If a man should happen to reach perfection in this world, he would have to die immediately to enjoy himself.
K
It is the little bits of things that fret and worry us; we can dodge a elephant, but we can't dodge a fly.
 


Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F: His Complete Works/ 1888
R: In "Correct Quotes for DOS," WordStar International, 1991.
A: In "Webster's Electronic Quotebase," ed. Keith Mohler, 1994.
N: In "Correct Quotes for DOS," WordStar International, 1991.
K: In "Quote Disk 1,2,3," by DBUG, 1991.
 

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