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
good poor solitude stay
Solitude: A good place to visit, but a poor place to stay
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One of rarest things that a man ever does is to do the best he can.
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One of the best temporary cures for pride and affection is seasickness; a man who wants to vomit never puts on airs.
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Music hath charms to soothe the savage beast, but I'd try a revolver first
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Life is a grindstone, and whether it grinds a man down or polishes him up depends on the stuff he's made of
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It is true that wealth won't make a man virtuous, but I notice there isn't anybody who wants to be poor just for the purpose of being good.
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Never teach your child to be cunning for you may be certain that you will be one of the first victims of his shrewdness
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Everyone has his foolishness and mostly those are the most interesting things a person has.
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The best way to convince a fool that he is wrong is to let him have his way
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It is the little bits of things that fret and worry us, we can dodge an elephant, but we can't a fly
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There are two things in this life for which we are never fully prepared and that is twins
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Occasions are rare; and those, who know how to seize upon them, are rarer.
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There are lots of people who mistake their imagination for their memory.
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Thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel just, and four times he who gets his fist in fust