Biographys are delitesum reading, we kompare all the virtews ov the persons karakter with our own, and all hiz failings with our nabors.

[Biographies are delightsome reading; we compare all the virtues of the person’s character with our own, and all his failings with our neighbors.]

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

Josh Billings’ Farmer’s Allminax, 1877-11 (1877 ed.)
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