Josh Billings Quotes


I never question a success, any more than I do the right of a bulldog to lie in his own gateway.


Citations

Shaw, Henry Wheeler. Everybody's Friend, Or; Josh Billing's Encyclopedia and Proverbial Philosophy of Wit and Humor. American Publishing Company, 1874, p. 129.

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Josh Billings
Josh Billings
  • Born: April 21, 1818
  • Died: October 14, 1885
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Writer

Josh Billings was the pen name of 19th-century American humorist Henry Wheeler Shaw . He was a famous humor writer and lecturer in the United States during the latter half of the 19th century. He is often compared to Mark Twain.