Take all the prophecies that have come to pass, and all that have caught on the center, and failed to come to time, and make them up in an average, and yer will find, that buying stock, on the Codfish Bank of Nufoundland, at 50%, for a rise, is, in comparison, a good speculative business.


Josh Billings: His Works, Complete (1873)

Josh Billings Quotes

Take all the prophecies that have come to pass, and all that have caught on the center, and failed to come to time, and make them up in an average,...

Take all the prophecies that have come to pass, and all that have caught on the center, and failed to come to time, and make them up in an average,...

Take all the prophecies that have come to pass, and all that have caught on the center, and failed to come to time, and make them up in an average,...

Take all the prophecies that have come to pass, and all that have caught on the center, and failed to come to time, and make them up in an average,...