Josh Billings Quote

Adversity has the same effect on a man that severe training does on the pugilist—it reduces him to his fighting weight.


Affurisms: Slips of the Pen (1865)


Adversity has the same effect on a man that severe training does on the pugilist—it reduces him to his fighting weight.

Adversity has the same effect on a man that severe training does on the pugilist—it reduces him to his fighting weight.

Adversity has the same effect on a man that severe training does on the pugilist—it reduces him to his fighting weight.

Adversity has the same effect on a man that severe training does on the pugilist—it reduces him to his fighting weight.