72 Famous Quotes by Josh Billings
4/12/1818 - 10/14/1885
Also Known As:
Henry Wheeler Shaw
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About Josh Billings
Josh Billings was the pen name of 19th century American humorist Henry Wheeler Shaw. 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.
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My advice to those who are about to begin, in earnet, the journey of life, is to take their heart in one hand and a club in the other.
Life
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There is a sort of charm in ugliness, if the person has some redeeming qualities and is only ugly enough
Charm
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If it wasn't for faith, there would be no living in this world; we couldn't even eat hash with any safety.
Faith
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If there was no faith there would be no living in this world. We couldn't even eat hash with safety.
Faith
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I have lived in this world just long enough to look carefully the second time into things that I am the most concerned of the first time.
Caution
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One-half the troubles of this life can be traced to saying yes too quickly and not saying no soon enough.
Quick
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