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
knowledge
Knowledge is like money: the more he gets, the more he craves.
american-comedian people
The trouble with people is not that they don't know but that they know so much that ain't so.
american-comedian bring child travel
To bring up a child in the way he should go - travel that way yourself.
brains critic demands good judgment possess
To be a good critic demands more brains and judgment than most men possess
borrow debt money within
Always live within your income, even if you have to borrow money to do so.
betting lamb lie lion time
There may come a time when the lion and the lamb will lie down together, but I am still betting on the lion
again ceases confided dollar
A sekret ceases to be a sekret if it iz once confided - it iz like a dollar bill, once broken, it iz never a dollar again
american-comedian animals dog earth loves
A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself.
good sensation showing spot
Laffing iz the sensation ov pheeling good all over, and showing it principally in one spot
american-comedian knowledge
Knowledge is like money: the more one gets, the more one craves.
rich trouble wealth
It ain't so much trouble to get rich as it is to tell when we have got rich.
rich trouble
It isn't so much trouble to get rich as it is to tell when we have got rich.
eat living
If it wasn't for faith, there would be no living in this world; we couldn't even eat hash with any safety.
believe honestly knowledge
I honestly believe it is better to know nothing than to know what ain't so.