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
good sensation showing spot
Laffing iz the sensation ov pheeling good all over, and showing it principally in one spot
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
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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The road to ruin is always in good repair, and the travelers pay the expense of it.
armed fist four gets hath quarrel
Thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel just, and four times he who gets his fist in fust
opportunity rare-opportunities knows
Occasions are rare; and those, who know how to seize upon them, are rarer.
funny witty memories
There are lots of people who mistake their imagination for their memory.
fully life prepared twins
There are two things in this life for which we are never fully prepared and that is twins