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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One of rarest things that a man ever does is to do the best he can.
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Genius ain't nothing more than elegant common sense.
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Consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing till it gets there.
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Be like a postage stamp. Stick to one thing until you get there.
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Love looks through a telescope; envy, through a microscope.
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The more humble a man is before God the more he will be exalted; the more humble he is before man, the more he will get rode roughshod.
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Remember the poor, it costs nothing.
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If you would make yourself agreeable wherever you go, listen to the grievances of others but never relate your own.
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Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well.
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Music hath the charm to soothe a savage beast, but I'd try a revolver first.
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Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute.
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There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.
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There are some people so addicted to exaggeration that they can't tell the truth without lying.
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Half of the troubles of this life can be traced to saying yes too quickly and not saying no soon enough.