What did Josh Billings mean by: I never question a success, any more than I do the right of a bulldog to lie in his own gateway. Josh Billings Humorist · USA Copy
+ Take all the fools out of this world and there wouldn’t be any fun living in it, or profit. Read explanation Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, Josh Billings, Fun, Living, Profit, 0 Josh Billings Humorist · USA
+ As a general rule, if you want to get at the truth – hear both sides and believe neither. Read explanation Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, Josh Billings, Perspective, Skepticism, Truth, 0 Josh Billings Humorist · USA
+ Caution, though very often wasted is a good risk to take. Author, September 14, 2023January 2, 2025, Josh Billings, Caution, Risk, Wasted, 0 Josh Billings Humorist · USA
+ A puppy plays with every pup he meets, but an old dog has few associates. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, Josh Billings, Aging, Sociability, Youth, 0 Josh Billings Humorist · USA
+ Most people repent their sins by thanking God they ain’t so wicked as their neighbors. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, Josh Billings, Comparison, Gratitude, Sin, 0 Josh Billings Humorist · USA
+ I do not know of a better cure for sorrow than to pity somebody else. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, Josh Billings, Altruism, Compassion, Empathy, 0 Josh Billings Humorist · USA
+ We have some writers so abstruse and deep that they drown themselves in their fathomless sentences. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, Josh Billings, Depth, Obscurity, Writing, 0 Josh Billings Humorist · USA
+ Pity costs nothing, and it ain’t worth nothing. Author, October 21, 2023January 2, 2025, Josh Billings, Compassion, Cost, Value, 0 Josh Billings Humorist · USA
Since the day of my birth, my death began its walk. It is walking toward me, without hurrying. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
I’m not willing just to be tolerated. That wounds my love of love and of liberty. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go. Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
