The fust intimashun i had that i waz gitting old waz, i found myself telling to mi friends the same storys over again.

[The first intimation I had that I was getting old was, I found myself telling to my friends the same stories over again.]

Josh Billings (1818-1885) American humorist, aphorist [pseud. of Henry Wheeler Shaw]
Everybody’s Friend, Or; Josh Billing’s Encyclopedia and Proverbial Philosophy of Wit and Humor, ch. 155 “Affurisms: Ink Lings” (1874)
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