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
fools-and-foolishness mostly
Everyone has his foolishness and mostly those are the most interesting things a person has.
best convince fool fools-and-foolishness wrong
The best way to convince a fool that he is wrong is to let him have his way
fashion fool slave
Fashion makes fools of some, sinners of others, and slaves of all.
hypocrisy fool bears
Most everyone seems willing to be a fool himself, but he can't bear to have anyone else one.
fool belief incredulity
Incredulity is the wisdom of the fool.
fool remembered
A learned fool is one who has read everything and simply remembered it.
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.
school men fool
Experience is a school where a man learns what a big fool he has been.
wicked world fool
The fools in this world make about as much trouble as the wicked do.
fool mouths daggers
Fools carry their daggers in their open mouths.
funny humor fools-day
Take all the fools out of this world and there wouldn't be any fun living in it, or profit.
change two fool
There are two kinds of fools: those who can't change their opinions and those who won't.
men fool doe
It ain't what a man don't know that makes him a fool, but what he does know that ain't so.
begins care good loses man
When a man loses his health, then he first begins to take good care of it