A quotation from Josh Billings

One haff the trubbles ov this life kan be traced to saying “Yes” too quick, and not saying “No” soon enough.
 
[One half the troubles of this life can be traced to saying “Yes” too quickly, and not saying “No” soon enough.]

Josh Billings (1818–1885) American humorist, aphorist [pseud. of Henry Wheeler Shaw]
Josh Billings’ Farmer’s Allminax, 1878-05 (1878 ed.)

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