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
lying funny-business known
I've never known an auctioneer to lie unless it was absolutely necessary.
lying fall men
It ain't no disgrace for a man to fall, but to lie there and grunt is.
lying moving blow
Lying is like trying to hide in a fog: If you move about you're in danger of bumping your head against the truth, and as soon as the fog blows off, you are gone anyhow.
lying attention politics
If you do not know how to lie, cheat, and steal, turn your attention to politics and learn.
lying father ideas
The devil is the father of lies, but he neglected to patent the idea, and the business now suffers from competition.
lying exaggeration-is people
There are some people so addicted to exaggeration that they can't tell the truth without lying.
dog lying bulldogs
I never question a success, any more than I do the right of a bulldog to lie in his own gateway.
begins care good loses man
When a man loses his health, then he first begins to take good care of it
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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
ability consider gets postage stick success till
Consider the postage stamp, my son. It secures success through its ability to stick to one thing till it gets there.
breed mistake pleasures
Don't mistake pleasures for happiness. They are a different breed of dog.