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
science literature
[Science is] the literature of truth.
inspirational funny time
The best time for you to hold your tongue is the time you feel you must say something or bust.
lying exaggeration-is people
There are some people so addicted to exaggeration that they can't tell the truth without lying.
life adversity fighting
Adversity has the same effect on a man that severe training has on the pugilist: it reduces him to his fighting weight.
dog lying bulldogs
I never question a success, any more than I do the right of a bulldog to lie in his own gateway.
men perfection world
If a man should happen to reach perfection in this world, he would have to die immediately to enjoy himself.
good-morning food morning-inspirational
Never work before breakfast; if you have to work before breakfast, eat your breakfast first.
family children dad
To bring up a child in the way he should go, travel that way yourself once in a while.
music trying savages
Music hath the charm to soothe a savage beast, but I'd try a revolver first.
communication anger parenting
Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute.
meaningful laughter soul
Laughter is the fireworks of the soul.
men fool doe
It ain't what a man don't know that makes him a fool, but what he does know that ain't so.
life positive inspiration
Half of the troubles of this life can be traced to saying yes too quickly and not saying no soon enough.
grievance relate ifs
If you would make yourself agreeable wherever you go, listen to the grievances of others but never relate your own.