Josh Billings Quotes
1818 – 1885
Pen name of the American humorist Henry Wheeler Shaw.
20 quotes
“I honestly beleave it iz better tew know nothing than two know what ain't so.”
“Tew bring up a child in the wa he should go—travel that wa yourself.”
“Nature never makes blunders; when she makes a fool she means it.”
“I don't care how much a man talks, if he only says it in a few words.”
“As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand.”
“I beleave in the universal salvashun ov men, but I want tew pick the men.”
“Prejudice iz a hous plant which iz very apt tew wither if yu take it out doors amungst pholks.”
“Them folks who are sudden, aint apt tew be solid; lively streams are alwus shallow.”
“Politeness iz often wasted, but it iz a good and cheap mistake tew make.”
