What did Josh Billings mean by: The morning paper is just as necessary for an American as dew is to the grass. Josh Billings Humorist · USA Copy
+ Self-made men are most always apt to be a little too proud of the job. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, Josh Billings, Entrepreneurship, Pride, Success, 0 Josh Billings Humorist · USA
+ Some folks as they grow older grow wise but most folks simply grow stubborner. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, Josh Billings, Aging, Stubbornness, Wisdom, 0 Josh Billings Humorist · USA
+ A good reliable set of bowels is worth more to a man than any quantity of brains. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, Josh Billings, Health, Humor, Importance, 0 Josh Billings Humorist · USA
+ The best creed we can have is charity toward the creeds of others. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, Josh Billings, Respect, Tolerance, Understanding, 0 Josh Billings Humorist · USA
+ Admiration is a youthful fancy will which scarcely ever survives to mature years. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, Josh Billings, Admiration, Maturity, Youth, 0 Josh Billings Humorist · USA
+ It’s not ignorance does so much damage; it’s knowin’ so derned much that ain’t so. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, Josh Billings, Damage, Ignorance, Knowledge, 0 Josh Billings Humorist · USA
+ Experience increases our wisdom but doesn’t reduce our follies. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, Josh Billings, Experience, Follies, Wisdom, 0 Josh Billings Humorist · USA
+ Too many individuals are like Shakespeare’s definition of “echo,”–babbling gossips of the air. Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, Josh Billings, Communication, Criticism, Gossip, 0 Josh Billings Humorist · USA
The amount of psychology which is necessary to all teachers need not be very great. William James Philosopher and psychologist · USA
The body is to be compared, not to a physical object, but rather to a work of art. Maurice Merleau-Ponty Philosopher · France
Classic art was the art of necessity: modern romantic art bears the stamp of caprice and chance. Max Eastman Writer · USA
Whenever I see a Frans Hals I feel like painting, but when I see a Rembrandt I feel like giving up! Max Liebermann Painter · Germany