Quote of the Day
Authors Categories Blog Quote Maker Videos
 

Josh Billings Quotes: Honesty is the rarest wealth anyone can possess, and yet all the honesty in the world ain't lawful tender for a loaf of bread.
         

Honesty is the rarest wealth anyone can possess, and yet all the honesty in the world ain't lawful tender for a loaf of bread.


Josh Billings
Check all other quotes by Josh Billings

Want to display this quote image on your website or blog? Simply copy and paste the below code on your website/blog.

Embed:

Format of this image is jpg. The width and height of image are 1200 and 630, repectively. This image is available for free to download.





Honesty is the rarest wealth anyone can possess, and yet all the honesty in the world ain't lawful tender for a loaf of bread.
         



Citation

Use the citation below to add this quote to your bibliography:


Styles:

×

MLA Style Citation


"Josh Billings Quotes." Quoteslyfe.com, 2024. Fri. 22 Nov. 2024. <https://www.quoteslyfe.com/quote/Honesty-is-the-rarest-wealth-anyone-can-322758>.





Check out


Other quotes of Josh Billings


Laughter is the fireworks of the soul.

Laughter is the fireworks of the soul.



A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than you love yourself.

A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than you love yourself.



Health is like money, we never have a true idea of its value until we lose it.

Health is like money, we never have a true idea of its value until we lose it.



The miser and the glutton are two facetious buzzards: one hides his store, and the other stores his hide.

The miser and the glutton are two facetious buzzards: one hides his store, and the other stores his hide.



Never work before breakfast; if you have to work before breakfast, eat your breakfast first.

Never work before breakfast; if you have to work before breakfast, eat your breakfast first.



Be like a postage stamp. Stick to one thing until you get there.

Be like a postage stamp. Stick to one thing until you get there.



Consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing till it gets there.

Consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing till it gets there.



The wheel that squeaks the loudest is the one that gets the grease.

The wheel that squeaks the loudest is the one that gets the grease.



Love looks through a telescope; envy, through a microscope.

Love looks through a telescope; envy, through a microscope.



The happiest time in any man's life is when he is in red-hot pursuit of a dollar with a reasonable prospect of overtaking it.

The happiest time in any man's life is when he is in red-hot pursuit of a dollar with a reasonable prospect of overtaking it.





Other quotes you may like


It all takes time and lessons and places, but I’m learning to listen to my restless heart, telling me to “go, go, go!

It all takes time and lessons and places, but I’m learning to listen to my restless heart, telling me to “go, go, go!



Using only nonnarrative portions of the Bible to interpret narrative is not only disrespectful to the narrative portions but also suggests a misguided approach to nonnarrative parts of the Bible.

Using only nonnarrative portions of the Bible to interpret narrative is not only disrespectful to the narrative portions but also suggests a misguided approach to nonnarrative parts of the Bible.



I’m not an easy lay, I won’t do a one-night stand, and my father is a mob boss with a short temper and a collection of guns. Still want to take me out?” - Ana Avdonin

I’m not an easy lay, I won’t do a one-night stand, and my father is a mob boss with a short temper and a collection of guns. Still want to take me out?” - Ana Avdonin



We hear so much about weapons of mass destruction. But nine out of 10 war victims are killed by guns. It's the AK-47 that's a weapon of mass destruction.

We hear so much about weapons of mass destruction. But nine out of 10 war victims are killed by guns. It's the AK-47 that's a weapon of mass destruction.



Evil will never be countered while good men do nothing.

Evil will never be countered while good men do nothing.



The leader has to be practical and a realist, yet must talk the language of the visionary and the idealist.

The leader has to be practical and a realist, yet must talk the language of the visionary and the idealist.



But one does not make living writing poetry unless you're a professor, and one frankly doesn't get a lot of girls as a poet.

But one does not make living writing poetry unless you're a professor, and one frankly doesn't get a lot of girls as a poet.



A pessimist is somebody who complains about the noise when opportunity knocks.

A pessimist is somebody who complains about the noise when opportunity knocks.



If you want to understand Jesus, you have to study the whole Bible. Christian duty is not defined solely by the words in red.

If you want to understand Jesus, you have to study the whole Bible. Christian duty is not defined solely by the words in red.



It's a piece of property that, if you're going to have a development out here, you need to have a golf course because you need to take care of the effluent water being created by the development.

It's a piece of property that, if you're going to have a development out here, you need to have a golf course because you need to take care of the effluent water being created by the development.




Quote Description


This page presents the quote "Honesty is the rarest wealth anyone can possess, and yet all the honesty in the world ain't lawful tender for a loaf of bread.". Author of this quote is Josh Billings. This quote is about world, honesty, wealth,.