What did Josh Billings mean by: A WISE MAN never enjoys himself so much, or a FOOL so little, as when he is alone. - Josh Billings Humorist · USA Copy
+ I do not know of a better cure for sorrow than to pity somebody else. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, Josh Billings, Cures, Pity, Sorrow, 0 - Josh Billings Humorist · USA
+ One of the rarest things that a man ever does, is to do the best he can. Explain Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, Josh Billings, Quality, 0 - Josh Billings Humorist · USA
+ The wheel that squeaks the loudest is the one that gets the grease. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, Josh Billings, Business, Complaining, Grease, 0 - Josh Billings Humorist · USA
+ The best way to convince a fool that he is wrong is to let him have his own way. Explain Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, Josh Billings, Silly, Wise, 0 - Josh Billings Humorist · USA
+ It is not much trouble to doctor sick folks, but to doctor healthy ones is troublesome. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, Josh Billings, Doctors, Healthy, Sick, 0 - Josh Billings Humorist · USA
+ Biography is the best form of history. Feraz Zeid, September 2, 2023December 26, 2023, Josh Billings, Biographies, Form, 0 - Josh Billings Humorist · USA
+ Men mourn for what they have lost; women for what they ain’t got. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, Josh Billings, Comedy, Lost, Women, 0 - Josh Billings Humorist · USA
+ Advice can be like cod liver oil, easy enough to administer but not so pleasant to take for anybody. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, Josh Billings, Advice, Oil, 0 - Josh Billings Humorist · USA
The constancy of the wise is only the art of keeping disquietude to one’s self. Explain - François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
Numberless arts appear foolish whose secret motives are most wise and weighty. Explain - François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
A wise man neither suffers himself to be governed, nor attempts to govern others. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
If it be true that a man is rich who wants nothing, a wise man is a very rich man. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of himself. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go. - Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
Let fools the studious despise, There’s nothing lost by being wise. - Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
It is not strength, but art, obtains the prize, And to be swift is less than to be wise. - Homer Poet · Greece
