What did Josh Billings mean by: Man is my brother, and I am nearer related to him through his vices than I am through his virtue. Josh Billings Humorist · USA Copy
+ Perseverance is king. Author, September 25, 2023January 2, 2025, Josh Billings, Determination, Persistence, Success, 0 Josh Billings Humorist · USA
+ We mingle in society not so much to meet others as to escape ourselves. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, Josh Billings, Connection, Escape, Society, 0 Josh Billings Humorist · USA
+ Experience makes more timid men than it does wise ones. Author, September 30, 2023January 2, 2025, Josh Billings, Experience, Timidity, Wisdom, 0 Josh Billings Humorist · USA
+ There is gravity in wisdom, but no particular wisdom in gravity. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, Josh Billings, Gravity, Relevance, Wisdom, 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
+ Fortune is like a coquette; if you don’t run after her, she will run after you. Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, Josh Billings, Chance, Opportunity, Persistence, 0 Josh Billings Humorist · USA
+ Some folks are wise and some otherwise. Author, October 6, 2023January 2, 2025, Josh Billings, Folly, People, Wisdom, 0 Josh Billings Humorist · USA
+ The wheel that squeaks the loudest is the one that gets the grease. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, Josh Billings, Attention, Complaint, Resolution, 0 Josh Billings Humorist · USA
Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue. Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
Persecution to persons in a high rank stands them in the stead of eminent virtue. Jean Francois Paul de Gondi Clergy · France
Though they may not always be handsome men doomed to evil posses the manly virtues. Jean Genet Playwright · France
