Theory looks well on paper, but does not amount to anything without practice. Josh Billings View this quote
Don’t take the bull by the horns, take him by the tail; then you can let go when you want to. Josh Billings
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Every man has his follies – and often they are the most interesting thing he has got. Josh Billings
Everyone who does the best he can is a hero. Josh Billings
Experience is a school where a man learns what a big fool he has been. Josh Billings
Experience makes more timid men than it does wise ones. Josh Billings
Fashion makes fools of some, sinners of others, and slaves of all. Josh Billings
Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt, not swallowed. Josh Billings
Half of the troubles of this life can be traced to saying yes too quickly and not saying no soon enough. Josh Billings
Health is like money, we never have a true idea of its value until we lose it. Josh Billings
I hate to be a kicker, I always long for peace, But the wheel that does the squeaking, is the one that gets the grease. Josh Billings
American humorist
April 21st, 1818 - October 14th, 1885