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I hav known people who waz virtewous just bekauze they waz lazy, they hadn’t snap enuff in them tew brake one of the 10 commandments.

[I have known people who were virtuous just because they were lazy; they hadn’t snap enough in them to break one of the Ten Commandments.]

Josh Billings (1818-1885) American humorist, aphorist [pseud. of Henry Wheeler Shaw]
Josh Billings’ Farmer’s Allminax, 1874-01 (1874 ed.)

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Billings, Josh - Josh Billings' Farmer's Allminax, 1874-01 (1874 ed.) | WIST Quotations

I hav known people who waz virtewous just bekauze they waz lazy, they hadn't snap enuff in them tew brake one of the 10 commandments. [I have known people who were virtuous just because they were lazy; they hadn't snap enough in them to break one of the Ten Commandments.]…

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A quotation from Josh Billings

Convince a phool ov hiz errors, and you make him yure enemy.

[Convince a fool of his errors, and you make him your enemy.]

Josh Billings (1818-1885) American humorist, aphorist [pseud. of Henry Wheeler Shaw]
Josh Billings’ Farmer’s Allminax, 1872-07 (1872 ed.)

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Billings, Josh - Josh Billings' Farmer's Allminax, 1872-07 (1872 ed.) | WIST Quotations

Convince a phool ov hiz errors, and you make him yure enemy. [Convince a fool of his errors, and you make him your enemy.]

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A quotation from Josh Billings

Q. — What is pity?
A. — Cheap charity.

Josh Billings (1818-1885) American humorist, aphorist [pseud. of Henry Wheeler Shaw]
Josh Billings’ Farmer’s Allminax, 1871-12 (1871 ed.)

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Billings, Josh - Josh Billings' Farmer's Allminax, 1871-12 (1871 ed.) | WIST Quotations

Q. -- What is pity? A. -- Cheap charity. Repeated in 1874-11.

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A quotation from Josh Billings

It iz one ov the hardest things on earth for a man to learn,—that he plays a third rate game ov whist.

[It is one of the hardest things on earth for a man to learn — that he plays a third-rate game of whist.]

Josh Billings (1818-1885) American humorist, aphorist [pseud. of Henry Wheeler Shaw]
Josh Billings’ Farmer’s Allminax, 1871-09 (1871 ed.)

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Billings, Josh - Josh Billings' Farmer's Allminax, 1871-09 (1871 ed.) | WIST Quotations

It iz one ov the hardest things on earth for a man to learn,—that he plays a third rate game ov whist. [It is one of the hardest things on earth for a man to learn -- that he plays a third-rate game of whist.] Whist was a very popular…

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A quotation from Josh Billings

Lazyness iz a good deal like money, — the more a man haz ov it the more he seems tew want.

[Laziness is a good deal like money — the more a man has of it, the more he seems to want.]

Josh Billings (1818-1885) American humorist, aphorist [pseud. of Henry Wheeler Shaw]
Josh Billings’ Farmer’s Allminax, 1871-08 (1871 ed.)

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Billings, Josh - Josh Billings' Farmer's Allminax, 1871-08 (1871 ed.) | WIST Quotations

Lazyness iz a good deal like money, -- the more a man haz ov it the more he seems tew want. [Laziness is a good deal like money -- the more a man has of it, the more he seems to want.]

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A quotation from Josh Billings

Man iz mi brother, and i konsider that i am nearer related tew him through hiz vices, than i am through hiz virtews.

[Man is my brother, and I consider that I am nearer related to him through his vices, than I am through his virtues.]

Josh Billings (1818-1885) American humorist, aphorist [pseud. of Henry Wheeler Shaw]
Josh Billings’ Farmer’s Allminax, 1871-07 (1871 ed.)

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A quotation from Josh Billings

Every time a man laffs he takes a kink out ov the chain ov life, and thus lengthens it.

[Every time a man laughs he takes a kink out of the chain of life, and thus lengthens it.]

Josh Billings (1818-1885) American humorist, aphorist [pseud. of Henry Wheeler Shaw]
Josh Billings’ Farmer’s Allminax, 1871-07 (1871 ed.)

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Billings, Josh - Josh Billings' Farmer's Allminax, 1871-07 (1871 ed.) | WIST Quotations

Every time a man laffs he takes a kink out ov the chain ov life, and thus lengthens it. [Every time a man laughs he takes a kink out of the chain of life, and thus lengthens it.]

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A quotation from Josh Billings

Whenever a minister haz preached a sermon that pleazes the whole congregashun, he probably haz preached one that the Lord wont endorse.

[Whenever a minister has preached a sermon that pleases the whole congregation, he probably haz preached one that the Lord won’t endorse.]

Josh Billings (1818-1885) American humorist, aphorist [pseud. of Henry Wheeler Shaw]
Josh Billings’ Farmer’s Allminax, 1871-06 (1871 ed.)

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Billings, Josh - Josh Billings' Farmer's Allminax, 1871-06 (1871 ed.) | WIST Quotations

Whenever a minister haz preached a sermon that pleazes the whole congregashun, he probably haz preached one that the Lord wont endorse. [Whenever a minister has preached a sermon that pleases the whole congregation, he probably haz preached one that the Lord won't endorse.]

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A quotation from Josh Billings

I dont know ov enny thing more remorseless, on the face ov the earth, than 7 per cent interest.

[I don’t know of anything more remorseless on the face of the earth than 7 percent interest.]

Josh Billings (1818-1885) American humorist, aphorist [pseud. of Henry Wheeler Shaw]
Josh Billings’ Farmer’s Allminax, 1871-03 (1871 ed.)

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Billings, Josh - Josh Billings' Farmer's Allminax, 1871-03 (1871 ed.) | WIST Quotations

I dont know ov enny thing more remorseless, on the face ov the earth, than 7 per cent interest. [I don't know of anything more remorseless on the face of the earth than 7 percent interest.]

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A quotation from Josh Billings

To bring up a child in the way he should go, travel that way yourself once in a while.

Josh Billings (1818-1885) American humorist, aphorist [pseud. of Henry Wheeler Shaw]
Josh Billings’ Farmer’s Allminax, 1871-03 “Housekeer’s Guide” (1871 ed.)

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Billings, Josh - Josh Billings' Farmer's Allminax, 1871-03 "Housekeer's Guide" (1871 ed.) | WIST Quotations

To bring up a child in the way he should go, travel that way yourself once in a while.

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