I never knu a man to brag ov hiz munny, or hiz pedigree, who had enny thing else worth bragging about.

[I never knew a man to brag of his money, or his pedigree, who had anything else worth bragging about.]

Josh Billings (1818–1885) American humorist, aphorist [pseud. of Henry Wheeler Shaw]
Josh Billings’ Farmer’s Allminax, 1877-10 (1877 ed.)
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