Quote of the Day
Authors Categories Blog Quote Maker Videos
 

Josh Billings Quotes: One of the greatest victories you can gain over someone is to beat him at politeness.
         

One of the greatest victories you can gain over someone is to beat him at politeness.


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.





One of the greatest victories you can gain over someone is to beat him at politeness.
         



Citation

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


Styles:

×

MLA Style Citation


"Josh Billings Quotes." Quoteslyfe.com, 2024. Thu. 19 Dec. 2024. <https://www.quoteslyfe.com/quote/One-of-the-greatest-victories-you-can-13219>.





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



Success is all about patience.

Success is all about patience.



Be careful walking down the primrose path. You may find hell instead of happily ever after.

Be careful walking down the primrose path. You may find hell instead of happily ever after.



Common sense often makes good law.

Common sense often makes good law.



Good people strengthen themselves ceaselessly

Good people strengthen themselves ceaselessly



A comic matter cannot be expressed in tragic verse. [Lat., Versibus exponi tragicis res comica non vult.]

A comic matter cannot be expressed in tragic verse. [Lat., Versibus exponi tragicis res comica non vult.]



Creativity is the process that gives life to a new product.

Creativity is the process that gives life to a new product.



Every application has an inherent amount of irreducible complexity. The only question is who will have to deal with it, the user or the developer (programmer or engineer).

Every application has an inherent amount of irreducible complexity. The only question is who will have to deal with it, the user or the developer (programmer or engineer).



Older audiences are hard to win over. They're very specific in their tastes and critical of new music.

Older audiences are hard to win over. They're very specific in their tastes and critical of new music.



There is nothing we can't do. So it's just the fact that we're doing topics like that that other people, especially network TV, won't touch, that we're satirists.

There is nothing we can't do. So it's just the fact that we're doing topics like that that other people, especially network TV, won't touch, that we're satirists.




Quote Description


This page presents the quote "One of the greatest victories you can gain over someone is to beat him at politeness.". Author of this quote is Josh Billings. This quote is about behaviour, wisdom,.