What did Josh Billings mean by: He whom prosperity humbles, and adversity strengthens, is the true hero. Josh Billings Humorist · USA Copy
+ Jealousy is one of love’s parasites. Author, October 27, 2023January 2, 2025, Josh Billings, Jealousy, Love, 0 Josh Billings Humorist · USA
+ Stupidity,–unconscious ignorance. Author, August 17, 2023January 2, 2025, Josh Billings, Ignorance, Stupidity, Unawareness, 0 Josh Billings Humorist · USA
+ The road to ruin is always in good repair, and the travellers pay the expense of it. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, Josh Billings, Expense, Repair, 0 Josh Billings Humorist · USA
+ Life is like a mountain: after climbing up one side and sliding down the other, put up the sled. Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, Josh Billings, Perseverance, Preparation, Resilience, 0 Josh Billings Humorist · USA
+ Prejudice assumes the garb of reason, but the cheat is too thin. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, Josh Billings, Deception, Prejudice, Reason, 0 Josh Billings Humorist · USA
+ Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are, and doing things as they ought to be done. Read explanation Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, Josh Billings, Action, Perception, Pragmatism, 0 Josh Billings Humorist · USA
+ Human happiness konsists in having what yu want, and wanting what yu have. Read explanation Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, Josh Billings, Contentment, Desire, Happiness, 0 Josh Billings Humorist · USA
+ Wisdom deprives even poverty of half its power. Read explanation Author, August 8, 2023January 2, 2025, Josh Billings, Poverty, Power, Wisdom, 0 Josh Billings Humorist · USA
Persecution to persons in a high rank stands them in the stead of eminent virtue. Jean Francois Paul de Gondi Clergy · France
Every man has a rainy corner of his life whence comes foul weather which follows him. Jean Paul Writer · Germany
Does it take the harsh light of disaster to show a person’s true nature? Jean-Dominique Bauby Journalist · France
