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
american-comedian common elegant genius
Genius ain't nothing more than elegant common sense.
common-sense genius comedy
Genius ain't anything more than elegant common sense.
cabbage doe genius
Early genius, like early cabbage, does not head well.
men common-sense genius
Common sense is an instinct given to man and enough of it is genius. Smartness is measured by the level of common sense one has, not by how much educated or knowledgeable he is.
common-sense genius comedy
Common sense is instinct, and enough of it is genius.
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
certain child cunning teach victims
Never teach your child to be cunning for you may be certain that you will be one of the first victims of his shrewdness
begins care good loses man
When a man loses his health, then he first begins to take good care of it
breed mistake pleasures
Don't mistake pleasures for happiness. They are a different breed of dog.
both credit stand suspicion temptation
Credit is like chastity, they can both stand temptation better than suspicion
cologne flattery swallowed
Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt of, not swallowed
follies man
Every man has his follies -- and often they are the most interesting thing he had got.
contentment man moral success
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