What did Josh Billings mean by: Experience is a school where a man learns what a big fool he has been. Josh Billings Humorist · USA Copy
+ There are people so addicted to exaggeration that they actually can’t tell the truth without lying. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, Josh Billings, Addiction, Exaggeration, Truth, 0 Josh Billings Humorist · USA
+ Men who have much to say use the fewest words. Author, November 8, 2023January 2, 2025, Josh Billings, Communication, Conciseness, Wisdom, 0 Josh Billings Humorist · USA
+ As long as we are lucky we attribute it to our smartness; our bad luck we give the gods credit for. Read explanation Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, Josh Billings, Attribution, Belief, Luck, 0 Josh Billings Humorist · USA
+ Everybody in this world wants watching, but nobody more than ourselves. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, Josh Billings, Observation, Self-awareness, Validation, 0 Josh Billings Humorist · USA
+ Peace is the soft and holy shadow that virtue casts. Author, June 2, 2023January 2, 2025, Josh Billings, Peace, Shadow, Virtue, 0 Josh Billings Humorist · USA
+ It is easy to assume a habit; but when you try to cast it off, it will take skin and all. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, Josh Billings, Change, Difficulty, Habit, 0 Josh Billings Humorist · USA
+ It strains a man’s philosophy the worst kind to laugh when he gets beat. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, Josh Billings, Defeat, Philosophy, Resilience, 0 Josh Billings Humorist · USA
+ True valor is like honesty; it enters into all that a man sees and does. Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, Josh Billings, Honesty, Perception, Valor, 0 Josh Billings Humorist · USA
Not only should you not accept a prize. You should not try to deserve one either. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
The course of a river is almost always disapproved of by the source. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
After the writer’s death, reading his journal is like receiving a long letter. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Mirrors would do well to reflect a little more before sending back images. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
