“You tell me whar a man gits his corn pone, en I'll tell you what his 'pinions is.”
Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist
Europe and Elsewhere. Corn Pone Opinions (1925)
“Sometimes you gwyne to git hurt, en sometimes you gwyne to git sick; but every time you's gwyne to git well agin.”
Source: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
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