He whom the good praize and wicked hate ought tew be satisfied with hiz reputashun.
 
[He whom the good praise and the wicked hate ought to be satisfied with his reputation.]

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. 150 “Affurisms: Parboils” (1874)
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