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
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When a man loses his health, then he first begins to take good care of it
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Every man has his follies -- and often they are the most interesting thing he had got.
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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
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One of rarest things that a man ever does is to do the best he can.
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One of the best temporary cures for pride and affection is seasickness; a man who wants to vomit never puts on airs.
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Life is a grindstone, and whether it grinds a man down or polishes him up depends on the stuff he's made of
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It is true that wealth won't make a man virtuous, but I notice there isn't anybody who wants to be poor just for the purpose of being good.
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Better make a weak man your enemy than your friend.
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Pride seems to be equally distributed; the man who owns the carriage and the man who drives it seem to have it just alike.
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The man who has never been tempted doesn't know how dishonest he is.
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I've never known a person to live to be one hundred and be remarkable for anything else
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Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt of, not swallowed
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Consider the postage stamp, my son. It secures success through its ability to stick to one thing till it gets there.
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Don't mistake pleasures for happiness. They are a different breed of dog.