Quote#World
The lion and the lamb may, possibly, sumtime lay down in this world…
Quote byJosh Billings · 1818–1885
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Affurisms: Slips of the Pen The Complete Works of Josh Billings (1876).
English (original)
The lion and the lamb may, possibly, sumtime lay down in this world together for a fu minnits, but when the lion kums tew git up, the lamb will be missing.
— Josh Billings
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