Josh Billings
Josh Billings
Josh Billings was the pen name of 19th-century American humorist Henry Wheeler Shaw. He was a famous humor writer and lecturer in the United States, perhaps second only to Mark Twain, during the latter half of the 19th century...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth21 April 1818
CityLanesborough, MA
CountryUnited States of America
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Advice maybe wrong, but examples prove themselves.
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Theory looks well on paper, but does not amount to anything without practice.
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If you believe you can do something, then you can acquire the ability to do it even if you didn't have it in the beginning.
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Honesty is the rarest wealth anyone can possess.
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Beauty is a very handy thing to have, especially for a woman who ain't handsome.
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You should always live within your income, even if you have to borrow to do so.
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There is not a whole lot of fun in medicine but there is a whole lot of medicine in fun.
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It ain't because lovers are so sensitive that they quarrel so often; it is because there is so much fun n the making up.
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When you do laugh, open your mouth wide enough for the noise to get out without squealing, throw your head back as though you were going to be shaved, hold on to your false hair with both hands and then laugh till your soul gets thoroughly rested.
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To enjoy a good reputation, give publicly, and steal privately.
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The greatest thief this world has ever produced is procrastination, and he is still at large.
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It is a statistical fact that the wicked work harder to reach hell than the righteous do to enter heaven
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Suicide is cheating the doctor out of job.
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I don't care how much a man talks, if he only says it in a few words.