Bull by the Horns
It’s the birthday of humorist Josh Billings, born Henry Wheeler Shaw in Lanesboro, Massachusetts (1818). He was a popular newspaper columnist and also published several books, including Josh Billings on Ice (1868) and Josh Billings’ Farmers’ Allminax (1870).
Billings said, “There are many people who are always anticipating trouble, and in this way they manage to enjoy many sorrows that never really happen to them.”
And he said, “Don’t take the bull by the horns, take him by the tail; then you can let go when you want to.”
From the Writer’s Almanac by Garrison Keillor
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