#ma

It's that I wasn't suited to do the kind of comedy that these people were coming to hear - mainstream comedy. ↗

— Larry David

#coming #hear #i #kind #mainstream

Wisdom has never made a bigot, but learning has. ↗

— Josh Billings

#learning #made #never #wisdom

If a man should happen to reach perfection in this world, he would have to die immediately to enjoy himself. ↗

— Josh Billings

#enjoy #happen #himself #immediately #man

It is a very delicate job to forgive a man, without lowering him in his own estimation, and yours too. ↗

— Josh Billings

#estimation #forgive #him #his #job

Life is short, but it's long enough to ruin any man who wants to be ruined. ↗

— Josh Billings

#enough #life #life is short #long #man

Old maids sweeten their tea with scandal. ↗

— Josh Billings

#old #scandal #sweeten #tea #their

Reason often makes mistakes, but conscience never does. ↗

— Josh Billings

#does #makes #mistakes #never #often

The best medicine I know for rheumatism is to thank the Lord that it ain't gout. ↗

— Josh Billings

#gout #i #know #lord #medicine

Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors... and miss. ↗

— Robert A. Heinlein

#drink #make #miss #shoot #strong