Quote by Josh Billings
When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could ha

When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years. – Josh Billings

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Learning sleeps and snores in libraries, but wisdom is everywhere, wide awake, on tiptoe. – Josh Billings

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The best medicine I know for rheumatism is to thank the Lord that it aint gout. – Josh Billings

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Time is like money, the less we have of it to spare the further we make it go. – Josh Billings

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