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Josh Billings Quotes: Words are often seen hunting for an idea, but ideas are never seen hunting for words.
         

Words are often seen hunting for an idea, but ideas are never seen hunting for words.


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



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



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



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



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This page presents the quote "Words are often seen hunting for an idea, but ideas are never seen hunting for words.". Author of this quote is Josh Billings. This quote is about hunting, ideas, art,.