Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt, not swallowed.
Quote by Josh Billings
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Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt, not swallowed.
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Josh Billings Quotes
- There's a lot of people in this world who spend so much time watching their health that they haven't the time to enjoy it.
- The best medicine I know for rheumatism is to thank the Lord that it ain't gout.
- Marrying for love may be a bit risky, but it is so honest that God can't help but smile on it.
- There are some people so addicted to exaggeration that they can't tell the truth without lying.
- It is not all bad, this getting old, ripening. After the fruit has got its growth it should juice up and mellow. God forbid I should live long enough to ferment and rot and fall to the ground in a squash.
- The best way to convince a fool that he is wrong is to let him have his own way.
- The wheel that squeaks the loudest is the one that gets the grease.
- Marrying for love may be a bit risky, but it is so honest that God can't help but smile on it.
- A good way I know to find happiness, is to not bore a hole to fit the plug.
- Knowledge is like money: the more he gets, the more he craves.
Best Quotes
- If your mother cooks Italian food, why should you go to a restaurant?
- April is the cruellest month, breeding Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing Memory out of desire, stirring. Dull roots with spring rain. Winter kept us warm, covering Earth in a forgetful snow, feeding A little life with dried tubers.
- No Arab ruler will consider the peace process seriously so long as he is able to toy with the idea of achieving more by the way of violence.
- Since God knows our future, our personalities, and our capacity to listen, He isn't ever going to say more to us than we can deal with at the moment.
- Start with a clean grill. Keep it clean by brushing with a wire brush after preheating, and again after cooking. Make sure to oil your grates and your food before putting it on the grill to keep it from sticking.
- But what is the difference between literature and journalism. Journalism is unreadable and literature is not read. That is all.
- I remember when the wave of Jennifer Lopez, Salma Hayek and these beautiful Hispanic women came into light, and I looked up to them and I loved them, but I was like, 'Where are Middle Eastern women?'
- I have a great respect for incremental improvement, and I've done that sort of thing in my life, but I've always been attracted to the more revolutionary changes. I don't know why. Because they're harder. They're much more stressful emotionally. And you usually go through a period where everybody tells you that you've completely failed.
- If you have issues with family, friends, and people at work, try and solve these issues head on so you can move on and concentrate on having the life you want.
- When a positive exchange between a brand and customers becomes quantifiable metrics, it encourages brand to provide better service, customer service to do a better job, and consumers to actively show their gratitude.