What did Josh Billings mean by: Self-made men are most always apt to be a little too proud of the job. - Josh Billings Humorist · USA Copy
+ Experience makes more timid men than it does wise ones. Feraz Zeid, September 30, 2023December 26, 2023, Josh Billings, Experience, Wise, 0 - Josh Billings Humorist · USA
+ There is gravity in wisdom, but no particular wisdom in gravity. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, Josh Billings, Gravity, 0 - Josh Billings Humorist · USA
+ There is a significant Latin proverb; to wit: Who will guard the guards? Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, Josh Billings, Latin, Significant, Wit, 0 - Josh Billings Humorist · USA
+ Pity cost nothing and ain’t worth nothing. Feraz Zeid, August 23, 2023December 24, 2023, Josh Billings, Cost, Pity, 0 - Josh Billings Humorist · USA
+ As a general thing, when a woman wears the pants in a family, she has a good right to them. Explain Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 12, 2024, Josh Billings, Family, Marriage, Pants, 0 - Josh Billings Humorist · USA
+ The greatest thief this world has ever produced is procrastination, and he is still at large. Explain Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 12, 2024, Josh Billings, Funny, 0 - Josh Billings Humorist · USA
+ Money will buy a pretty good dog, but it won’t buy the wag of his tail. Explain Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, Josh Billings, Dog, Funny, 0 - Josh Billings Humorist · USA
+ Occasions are rare; and those, who know how to seize upon them, are rarer. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, Josh Billings, Choices, Opportunity, 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
The most amiable people are those who least wound the self-love of others. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
If self-knowledge is the road to virtue, so is virtue still more the road to self-knowledge. - Jean Paul Writer · Germany
Our self-love can be resigned to the sacrifice of everything but itself. - Jean-Francois de La Harpe Playwright · France
That’s what existence means: draining one’s own self dry without the sense of thirst. Explain - Jean-Paul Sartre Philosopher · France
There are so many separate selves; no one who writes creatively hasn’t felt that. - Jeanette Winterson Author · England
Writing has to have a great deal of certainty and self-assurance, but it’s not arrogant. - Jeanette Winterson Author · England
