What did Josh Billings mean by: Too many individuals are like Shakespeare’s definition of “echo,”–babbling gossips of the air. Josh Billings Humorist · USA Copy
+ Advice is like castor oil — easy enough to give but dreadful hard to take. Read explanation Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, Josh Billings, Advice, Difficulty, Perception, 0 Josh Billings Humorist · USA
+ If you do not know how to lie, cheat, and steal, turn your attention to politics and learn. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, Josh Billings, Corruption, Deception, Politics, 0 Josh Billings Humorist · USA
+ The truly innocent are those who not only are guiltless themselves but who think others are. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, Josh Billings, Innocence, Morality, Perception, 0 Josh Billings Humorist · USA
+ The best time for you to hold your tongue is the time you feel you must say something or bust. Read explanation Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, Josh Billings, Communication, Impulse, Restraint, 0 Josh Billings Humorist · USA
+ Be kind to your mother-in-law, but pay for her board at some good hotel. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, Josh Billings, Family, Financial, Respect, 0 Josh Billings Humorist · USA
+ There are two things in life for which we are never truly prepared: twins. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, Josh Billings, Challenge, Parenthood, Surprise, 0 Josh Billings Humorist · USA
+ Fuss is half-sister to hurry, and neither of them can do anything without getting in their own way. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, Josh Billings, Frustration, Hindrance, 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
It’s stupid the way people extrapolate the past — and not slightly stupid, but massively stupid. Read explanation Charlie Munger Business person
Art is a language, an instrument of knowledge, an instrument of communication. Read explanation Jean Dubuffet Artist · France
The public is never pleased with what we do, wanting always a copy of what we have done. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Artists can no more speak about their work, than plants can speak about horticulture. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
