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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Be like a postage stamp. Stick to one thing until you get there.
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Consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing till it gets there.
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As the flint contains the spark, unknown to itself, which the steel alone can awaken to life, so adversity often reveals to us hidden gems, which prosperity or negligence would forever have hidden.
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The trouble with most folks ain't so much their ignorance as knowing so many things that ain't so.
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The trouble ain't that people are ignorant: it's that they know so much that ain't so
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The road to ruin is always in good repair, and the travelers pay the expense of it.
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All the honesty in the world ain't legal tender for one loaf of bread