It takes a grate deal of money tew make a man ritch, but it don’t take but little virtew.

[It takes a great deal of money to make a man rich, but it doesn’t take but little virtue.]

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. 144 “Affurisms: Gnats” (1874)
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