Josh Billings: Men are often praised for their sagacity, but all the foresight in the world can't tell a double-yoked egg until it is b

Men are often praised for their sagacity, but all the foresight in the world can — Josh Billings

Men are often praised for their sagacity, but all the foresight in the world can't tell a double-yoked egg until it is broken.

Josh Billings

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There is nothing so easy as to be wise for others ; a species of prodigality, by — Letitia Elizabeth Landon
The dimple that thy chin contains has beauty in its round, That never has been f — Hafez
He who learns the rules of wisdom without conforming to them in his life is like — Saadi
I refuse to make money out of my science. My laurel is not for sale like so many — Albert Einstein
Different views of the same truths are seldom disagreeable to men of taste, and — Robert Smith
Un genio es alguien que descubre que la piedra que cae y la luna que no cae repr — Isaac Newton
If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need. — Cicero
And friend received with thumps upon the back. — Edward Young
HOPE, n. Desire and expectation rolled into one. — Ambrose Bierce
The word of man is the most durable of all material. — Arthur Schopenhauer
Le divorce est probablement de la même date à peu près que le mariage. Je crois — Voltaire