This haz alwus bin the rule, and alwus will be — no man iz grate unless he iz good.

[This has always been the rule, and always will be — no man is great unless he is good.]

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. 281 “Variety: Bred and Butter” (1874)
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