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
ignorance damage doe
It's not ignorance does so much damage; it's knowin' so derned much that ain't so.
inspirational wisdom ignorance
The trouble with most folks isn't their ignorance. It's knowin' so many things that ain't so.
ignorance stupidity unconscious
Stupidity,--unconscious ignorance.
believe ignorance men
Man isn't a fool for his ignorance, but rather for believing things that are wrong.
ignorance stuff
Ignorance ain't not knowin' stuff; ignorance is knowin' stuff that AIN'T TRUE.
ignorance nurse prejudice
Ignorance is the wet-nurse of prejudice.
ignorance reflection arrogance
True wisdom is plenty of experience, observation, and reflection. False wisdom is plenty of ignorance, arrogance, and impudence.
wise stupidity-and-ignorance folks
Some folks are wise and some otherwise.
american-comedian folks ignorance knowing trouble
The trouble with most folks ain't so much their ignorance as knowing so many things that ain't so.
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
borrow income money within
Live within your income, even if you have to borrow money to do so