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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One of rarest things that a man ever does is to do the best he can.
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One of the best temporary cures for pride and affection is seasickness; a man who wants to vomit never puts on airs.
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The best way to convince a fool that he is wrong is to let him have his way
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It ain't because lovers are so sensitive that they quarrel so often; it is because there is so much fun n the making up.
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When a man loses his health, then he first begins to take good care of it
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I've never known a person to live to be one hundred and be remarkable for anything else
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Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt of, not swallowed
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Every man has his follies -- and often they are the most interesting thing he had got.
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Contentment is a kind of moral laziness; if thare want ennything but contentment in his world, man wouldn't be any more of a success than an angleworm is
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Consider the postage stamp, my son. It secures success through its ability to stick to one thing till it gets there.
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Don't mistake pleasures for happiness. They are a different breed of dog.
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Credit is like chastity, they can both stand temptation better than suspicion
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There's lots of people who spend so much time watching their health, they haven't got time to enjoy it.
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We hate those who will not take our advice and despise those who do