~ Josh Billings Quotes ~

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Josh Billings Quotes


The pen name of 19th century American humorist Henry Wheeler Shaw.
Josh Billings was the pen name of 19th century American humorist Henry Wheeler Shaw (21 April 1818 – 14 October 1885). He was perhaps the second most famous humor writer and lecturer in the United States in the second half of the 19th century after Mark Twain, although his reputation has not endured so well with later generations.

Here are some famous quotes by Josh Billings.

Faith is the soul riding at anchor.

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Pity costs nothin' and ain't worth nothin'.

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Pity costs nothing and ain't worth nothing.

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There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.

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Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute.

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Genius ain't anything more than elegant common sense.

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Love looks through a telescope; envy through a microscope.

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Be like a postage stamp-stick to one thing until you get there.

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Nature never makes any blunders; when she makes a fool she means it.

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It ain't no disgrace for a man to fall but to lie there and grunt is.

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Money will buy a pretty good dog but it won't buy the wag of his tail.

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Most men would rather be charged with malice than with making a blunder.

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There are lots of people who mistake their imagination for their memory.

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Don't mistake pleasures for happiness. They are a different breed of dog.

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As scarce as truth is the supply has always been in excess of the demand.