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 folks ignorance knowing trouble
The trouble with most folks ain't so much their ignorance as knowing so many things that ain't so.
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.
begins care good loses man
When a man loses his health, then he first begins to take good care of it
hundred known remarkable
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