What did Josh Billings mean by: Wise men have but few confidants, and cunning ones none. - Josh Billings Humorist · USA Copy
+ It’s not only the most difficult thing to know one’s self, but the most inconvenient. Explain Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 12, 2024, Josh Billings, Acceptance, Discovery, Funny, 0 - Josh Billings Humorist · USA
+ Ill-nature is a sort of running sore of the disposition. Feraz Zeid, October 29, 2023December 26, 2023, Josh Billings, Disposition, Ill, Running, 0 - Josh Billings Humorist · USA
+ Caution, though very often wasted is a good risk to take. Feraz Zeid, September 14, 2023December 24, 2023, Josh Billings, Caution, Risk, 0 - Josh Billings Humorist · USA
+ Some folks as they grow older grow wise but most folks simply grow stubborner. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, Josh Billings, Aging, Folks, Wise, 0 - Josh Billings Humorist · USA
+ Better make a weak man your enemy than your friend. Feraz Zeid, August 20, 2023December 12, 2023, Josh Billings, Enemy, Weak Man, 0 - Josh Billings Humorist · USA
+ Silence is a still noise. Feraz Zeid, August 15, 2023December 12, 2023, Josh Billings, Noise, Silence, Silence Is, 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
+ Early genius, like early cabbage, does not head well. Feraz Zeid, October 2, 2023December 26, 2023, Josh Billings, Genius, 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
Numberless arts appear foolish whose secret motives are most wise and weighty. Explain - François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
A wise man neither suffers himself to be governed, nor attempts to govern others. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
If it be true that a man is rich who wants nothing, a wise man is a very rich man. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of himself. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go. - Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
Let fools the studious despise, There’s nothing lost by being wise. - Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
It is not strength, but art, obtains the prize, And to be swift is less than to be wise. - Homer Poet · Greece