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
men conservative radical
If a man is right, he can't be too radical; if he is wrong, he can't be too conservative.
men wrinkles habit
Habits are like the wrinkles on a man's brow; if you will smooth out the one, I will smooth out the other.
missing together world
The lion and the lamb may, possibly, sumtime lay down in this world together for a fu minnits, but when the lion kums tew git up, the lamb will be missing.
men asking sin
It iz comparitively eazy tew repent ov the sins that we hav committed, but tew repent ov thoze which we intend to commit, is asking tew mutch ov enny man, now days.
advice may want
What the world wants iz [sic] good examples, not so mutch advice; advice may be wrong, but examples prove themselves.
men bait debt
Debt is a trap which man sets and baits himself, and then deliberately gets into.
fool remembered
A learned fool is one who has read everything and simply remembered it.
lying fall men
It ain't no disgrace for a man to fall, but to lie there and grunt is.
anchors soul riding
Faith is the soul riding at anchor.
men blunders malice
Most men would rather be charged with malice than with making a blunder.
men mind fool
When a man makes up his mind to become a rascal, he should examine himself closely and see if he isn't better constructed for a fool.
gravity particular
There is gravity in wisdom, but no particular wisdom in gravity.
men enemy poor
The man who ain't got an enemy is really poor.
hate long grease
I hate to be a kicker, I always long for peace, But the wheel that does the squeaking, is the one that gets the grease.