Life aint mutch more than a farce enny how, but it iz quite necessary that the play should go on, and the farce be well ackted.
[Life ain’t much more than a farce anyhow, but it is quite necessary that the play should go on, and the farce be well-acted.]
Josh Billings (1818–1885) American humorist, aphorist [pseud. of Henry Wheeler Shaw]
Josh Billings’ Farmer’s Allminax, 1877-02 (1877 ed.)
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