Tew learn yure offspring to steal, make them beg hard for all that yu giv them.

[To learn your offspring to steal, make them beg hard for all that you give them.]

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

Josh Billings’ Farmer’s Allminax, 1870-06 “Words Tew Housewifes” (1870 ed.)
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