Munny will buy a pretty good dog, but it wont buy the wag ov hiz tale.

[Money will buy a pretty good dog, but it won’t buy the wag of his tail.]

Josh Billings (1818-1885) American humorist, aphorist [pseud. of Henry Wheeler Shaw]

Josh Billings’ Trump Kards, ch. 14 “A Ghost” (1874)
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