Josh Billings Quotes

United States, Writer
April 21, 1818 – October, 14, 1885.

Josh Billings was the pen name of 19th-century American humorist Henry Wheeler Shaw (April 21, 1818 – October 14, 1885). 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.

Also known as Lecturer

Love looks through a telescope; envy, through a microscope.

Josh Billings
- Love
- Envy
- Microscope
Be like a postage stamp. Stick to one thing until you get there.

Josh Billings
- Get
- Stick
- Stamp

Most people when they come to you for advice, come to have their own opinions strengthened, not corrected.

Josh Billings
- Opinion
- Advice
- Corrected
Half of the troubles of this life can be traced to saying yes too quickly and not saying no soon enough.

Josh Billings
- Saying
- Troubles
- Yes
Liberty, like chastity, once lost, can never be regained in its original purity.

Josh Billings
- Lost
- Liberty
- Chastity
Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well.

Josh Billings
- Life
- Playing
- Hold
True wisdom is plenty of experience, observation, and reflection. False wisdom is plenty of ignorance, arrogance, and impudence.

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- True
- Wisdom
- False
Laughter is the fireworks of the soul.

Josh Billings
- Soul
- Laughter
- Fireworks

Ignorance ain't not knowin' stuff; ignorance is knowin' stuff that AIN'T TRUE.

Josh Billings
- True
- Ignorance
- Knowing
One of the greatest victories you can gain over someone is to beat him at politeness.

Josh Billings
Health is like money, we never have a true idea of its value until we lose it.

Josh Billings
- Money
- True
- Health
There are two kinds of fools: those who can't change their opinions and those who won't.

Josh Billings
- Change
- Opinions
- Fools