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
begins care good loses man
When a man loses his health, then he first begins to take good care of it
good poor solitude stay
Solitude: A good place to visit, but a poor place to stay
brains critic demands good judgment possess
To be a good critic demands more brains and judgment than most men possess
good sensation showing spot
Laffing iz the sensation ov pheeling good all over, and showing it principally in one spot
expense good pay road ruin travelers
The road to ruin is always in good repair, and the travelers pay the expense of it.
nonsense disguise good-sense
Good nonsense is good sense in disguise.
judging agree good-judges
There are very few good judges of humor, and they don't agree.
medicine good-humor
Theres not a lot of good humor in medicine, but theres a lot of medicine in good humor.
poor good-place
A good place to visit, but a poor place to stay.
good-morning food morning-inspirational
Never work before breakfast; if you have to work before breakfast, eat your breakfast first.
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I've never known a person to live to be one hundred and be remarkable for anything else
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