I kant help but respekt the man who haint got enny failings, but i dont seem to luv him, he iz too diffrent from me.

[I can’t help but respect the man who ain’t got any failings, but I don’t seem to love him; he is too different from me.]

Josh Billings (1818-1885) American humorist, aphorist [pseud. of Henry Wheeler Shaw]
Josh Billings’ Trump Kards, ch. 11 “The Mermaid” (1874)
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See also Billings.

 
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