The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1869-11-12
Remarks by Josh Billings.


saw. then IL good time tew keep still
thare IL but few people who hsv missed q
good opportunity tew ventilate their opin-
yuma 49,;
end ov q church piety creeps out oy the
other.
Thoze who hav the fewest failings see
the fewest in others.
Pride IL az universal az hair on the head
some are proud ov their virtews, sum ov
their vices, and sum, having neither them
selves, brag on other peoples no
Love looks through a telescope; envy,
through microscope.
An ;nduatr;ous man IL seldom q bad
man.
Men win believe their pashuns quicker
than they viii their conscienees, ana yes
their pashuns are generaiy wrong anu
their consciences alwus right
It amt mulch truble tew bear the pam
of sum body else's lame back, bat tew nav
the lame back oneself amt 30 ssynsn.
Dispising fortune Il not sure way 70
gain her favors-pipe TO her and sne may
dance to you.
and there wouldn't be friendship enuI LETT
for seed
Sekrets are q burden, and that is one
reason why we are ANXIOUS 70 nav some
body help us carry them.
I hav seen men 50 fuu OF VANITY tnas
they could not endure the sight oF pea
cock with his tale ON parade.
The most excruciating bore Know ls
excessive politeness. -
Iazyness liz like molassis, sweet and
sticky. -..,.
tew one with gloves on.
Misanthropy don't pay-there amt no
man living whoze hate the world cares one
cuss for. 5.5 -.
I don't knowIov emmy thing on the face
oy this earth more rcmorseiess tnan per
cent interest. III.
ouence, 1 should do it az would suit OF
clothes" ov suitable texture ana per-
feet fit." ..-F5 t.a.rs -. -..r :.
Rash men ken be korekted, but 1t don't
nav to labor with q phooL
The man who. haz never enjoyed the
plezzure of bein forgiven haz missed one
oy the greatest luxurys ov life.
I have seen coquettry that had no more
malice in it than o eve lamb hisklng on
When I cum acrost man who utte7s his
on;nvuns with immense delibefashun, and
after they are uttered they don't amount TO
ennything, write him down MYSTERIOUS
The crate cry ov the world now daze IL
whats trumps." .
kind oy weakness that repentance IL
both oy them are creditable to our ma
lures.
/ Friendship il ike eartheuwsre, II it IL
hroken II kan be mended; but love Is like
a mirror. once broken that ends H.
:. Gravity " no more an evidence OF wis
dom than it IL ov i'll natur:
The greater the man the less his virteWs
annear. and the larger his faults.
The man who hain't got an enemy Is
Don't mistake e;eaosty for soit thare is
inst az mutch difference as thare IL between
lightning and q lightning bug.
/ No man ever undertook tew alter ms
natur by substituting sum invenshun ov
b;s own. but what made bcfch job ov It
- Re];gion in theze days h compozed ol
vanity and piety, and zach man and wo,
man L q better judge oy the proportion
s'f1 Lovers IS feed upon mysteries, bat after
they are married, and the pork and beans
brought on, they hav q fair chance teW
test the real qualitys OF their appetgn.A
An insult tew one man is an insult teW
all. for it may be our turn next.
don't know ov emmy thing that wonio
| use the whole ov Us up more thoroughly
| than tew hav all ov our wishes grained.
There is Q kinds ov obstinacy .0o'
stinacy in the right, and obstinacy IN tne
wrong one IL the strength ov grase
mind and the other IL the strength oV
little one.
Jealousy il one ov loves parasites
We can endure vices In the young tna'
we should despise in the old. fiea1e
make note of this, old phellows.
There il q great deal ov difference De
tween enduring misfortune because we ex
next to, and enduring them because We are
obliged to; one IL pashiunce. the other u
| mere sullenness. 5Fa nc
When see an old man marry young
wife. 1 consider him starting out ON Dus1
Tor I am reminded Of the parable IN fht
Bible about new wine and old bottiea-
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