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
affection american-comedian best cures man pride puts temporary vomit wants
One of the best temporary cures for pride and affection is seasickness; a man who wants to vomit never puts on airs.
anybody man notice poor purpose true wants wealth
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.
letting-go want tails
Don't take the bull by the horns, take him by the tail; then you can let go when you want to.
happiness want humans
Human happiness konsists in having what yu want, and wanting what yu have.
wise men want
It is true that wealth won't make a man virtuous, but I notice there ain't anybody who wants to be poor just for the purpose of being good.
advice may want
What the world wants iz [sic] good examples, not so mutch advice; advice may be wrong, but examples prove themselves.
love powerful want-something
Woman's influence is powerful, especially when she wants something.
want world this-world
Everybody in this world wants watching, but nobody more than ourselves.
believe sides want
As a general rule, if you want to get at the truth - hear both sides and believe neither.
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