What did Josh Billings mean by: Wisdom that don’t make us happier ain’t worth plowing for. - Josh Billings Humorist · USA Copy
+ Be like a postage stamp. Stick to one thing until you get there. Explain Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, Josh Billings, Motivational, 0 - Josh Billings Humorist · USA
+ Early genius, like early cabbage, does not head well. Feraz Zeid, October 2, 2023December 26, 2023, Josh Billings, Genius, 0 - Josh Billings Humorist · USA
+ Poverty is the step-mother of genius. Feraz Zeid, August 2, 2023December 12, 2023, Josh Billings, Genius, Mother, Poverty, 0 - Josh Billings Humorist · USA
+ Fortune is like a coquette; if you don’t run after her, she will run after you. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, Josh Billings, Fortune, Running, 0 - Josh Billings Humorist · USA
+ Reason often makes mistakes, but conscience never does. Feraz Zeid, September 6, 2023December 26, 2023, Josh Billings, Mistake, Wise, 0 - Josh Billings Humorist · USA
+ Life is short, but it’s long enough to ruin any man who wants to be ruined. Explain Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, Josh Billings, Funny, 0 - Josh Billings Humorist · USA
+ As a general thing, an individual who is neat in his person is neat in his morals. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, Josh Billings, Individual, Moral, Neat, 0 - Josh Billings Humorist · USA
+ Laughter is the fireworks of the soul. Feraz Zeid, September 1, 2023December 24, 2023, Josh Billings, Funny, Laughter, Meaningful, 0 - Josh Billings Humorist · USA
I’ve taught, and the first thing I did when I taught art, was not to teach art. Explain - Louise Berliawsky Nevelson Sculptor · Ukraine
Appreciation of art is a moral erection, otherwise mere dilettantism. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Lying is the only art form that the public sanctions and instinctively prefers to reality. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Whatever the world condemns you for, make it your own. It is yourself. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
The liabilities are always 100 percent good. It’s the assets you have to worry about. Explain - Charlie Munger Business person
It’s stupid the way people extrapolate the past — and not slightly stupid, but massively stupid. Explain - Charlie Munger Business person
Film will only became an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper. - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
