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
winning hands games
As in a game of cards, so in the game of life, we must play what is dealt to us, and the glory consists, not so much in winning as in playing a poor hand well.
hero doe
Everyone who does the best he can is a hero.
men brain intellectual
A good reliable set of bowels is worth more to a man than any quantity of brains.
thinking innocence innocent
The truly innocent are those who not only are guiltless themselves but who think others are.
book heaven judgment
The books are balanced in heaven, not here.
tolerance charity creeds
The best creed we can have is charity toward the creeds of others.
quality ugly enough
There is a sort of charm in ugliness, if the person has some redeeming qualities and is only ugly enough.
hypocrisy trouble bother
I don't never have any trouble in regulating my own conduct, but to keep other folks' straight is what bothers me.
business air long
Building air castles is a harmless business as long as you don't attempt to live in them.
men advice opinion
I never had a man come to me for advice yet, but what I soon discovered that he thought more of his own opinion than he did of mine.
hero adversity prosperity
He whom prosperity humbles, and adversity strengthens, is the true hero.
smart communication men
Most men had rather say a smart thing than do a good one. John P. Kotter, Leading Change.
would-be deceit problem
If mankind were only just what they pretend to be, the problem of the millennium would be immediately solved.
nonsense disguise good-sense
Good nonsense is good sense in disguise.