Yung phools are comparatiff harmless, it iz the old phools that make most ov the trubble in this world.

[Young fools are comparatively harmless; it is the old fools that make most of the trouble in this world.]

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

Josh Billings’ Trump Kards, ch. 6 “Pets” (1874)
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