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WIST Quotations<a href="https://wist.info/billings-josh/75600/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">A quotation from Josh Billings</a><blockquote>Thare iz two men, prowling around, who want cluss watching, the one, that iz allwuz praizing, and the one, who iz allwuz kondeming, himself.   [There are two men, prowling around, who want close watching: the one that is always praising, and the one who is always condemning, himself.]</blockquote>Josh Billings (1818-1885) American humorist, aphorist [pseud. of Henry Wheeler Shaw] Josh Billings’ Trump Kards, ch. 14 “A Ghost” (1874) Sourcing, notes: <a href="https://wist.info/billings-josh/75600/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">wist.info/billings-josh/75600/</a><a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quote</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quotes</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quotation</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=ego" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ego</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=pride" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pride</a> ?<a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=selfaggrandizing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#selfaggrandizing</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=selfcondemnation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#selfcondemnation</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=selfcriticism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#selfcriticism</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=selfpraising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#selfpraising</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=unreliability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#unreliability</a>

WIST Quotations has moved!A quotation from Fuller, Thomas (1654):« Neither praise, nor dispraise thy self; thy Actions will do it enough. »Full quote, sourcing, notes: <a href="https://wist.info/fuller-thomas-1654/29454/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://wist.info/fuller-thomas-1654/29454/</a><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quote</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quotes</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quotation</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/actions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#actions</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/deeds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#deeds</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/ego" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ego</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/gloat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gloat</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/praise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#praise</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/pride" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pride</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/reflection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#reflection</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/selfcriticism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#selfcriticism</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/selfpraising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#selfpraising</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/wordsanddeeds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wordsanddeeds</a>

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