How menny people thare iz whoze importance depends entirely upon the size ov their hotel bills.

[How many people there are whose importance depends entirely upon the size of their hotel bills.]

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. 156 “Affurisms: Embers on the Harth” (1874)
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