Be mersiphull to all the dum animals — no man can ride into heaven, on a sore-backed horse.

[Be merciful to all the dumb animals — no man can ride into heaven on a sore-backed horse.]

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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