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
advice despise hate
We hate those who will not take our advice and despise those who do
men giving advice
When a man comes to me for advice, I find out the kind of advice he wants, and I give it to him.
advice may want
What the world wants iz [sic] good examples, not so mutch advice; advice may be wrong, but examples prove themselves.
men advice opinion
I never had a man come to me for advice yet, but what I soon discovered that he thought more of his own opinion than he did of mine.
advice example prove
Advice maybe wrong, but examples prove themselves.
oil advice enough
Advice can be like cod liver oil, easy enough to administer but not so pleasant to take for anybody.
hate advice despise
We hate those who will not take our advice, and despise them who do.
people advice opinion
Most people when they come to you for advice, come to have their own opinions strengthened, not corrected.
rich trouble
It isn't so much trouble to get rich as it is to tell when we have got rich.
american-comedian knowledge
Knowledge is like money: the more one gets, the more one craves.
rich trouble wealth
It ain't so much trouble to get rich as it is to tell when we have got rich.
borrow income money within
Live within your income, even if you have to borrow money to do so
brains critic demands good judgment possess
To be a good critic demands more brains and judgment than most men possess
knowledge
Knowledge is like money: the more he gets, the more he craves.