Thoze people who are trieing to git to heaven on their kreed will find out at last that they didn’t hav a thru ticket.
[Those people who are trying to get to heaven on their creed will find out at last that they didn’t have a through ticket.]
Josh Billings (1818-1885) American humorist, aphorist [pseud. of Henry Wheeler Shaw]
Josh Billings’ Trump Kards, ch. 9 “The Ram and Crawfish” (1874)
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