Thare iz more weak men in this world than thare iz wicked ones.

[There are more weak men in this world than there are wicked ones.]

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. 281 “Variety: Bred and Butter” (1874)
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See also Catton (1953), and also this Billings.

 
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