The chains ov slavery are none the lighter for being made ov gold.

[The chains of slavery are none the lighter for being made of gold.]

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

Josh Billings’ Farmer’s Allminax, 1870-12 (1870 ed.)
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In Everybody's Friend, Or; Josh Billing's Encyclopedia and Proverbial Philosophy of Wit and Humor, ch. 156 "Affurisms: Embers on the Harth" (1874), this is rendered:

The chains ov slavery are none the less gauling for being made ov gold.
 
[The chains of slavery are none the less galling for being made of gold.]