Consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing till it gets there. —Josh Billings
“Consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing till it gets there.”

Josh Billings [Henry Wheeler Shaw] humorist, essayist

Persistence
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M schramm from Tampa Fl NOVEMBER 18, 2020
Even though postage stamps are much more expensive than in previous times— they are still a bargain for what they can do!
Marcia from Carribean MARCH 7, 2013
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